Baker Junior High School - Rocket Yearbook (Austin, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1954 volume:

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Vice- President, Footlight Players ARTHUR CHESTER Chess Club Footlight Players Band Rocket Staff CURTIS CONRAD GEORGE COX LYNDA COX Band Chorus Girls Basketball CAROLYN CRIDER Student Council Pep Squad IRVING CUTTER Band Chess Club Footlight Players Rocket Staff MELVIN DAILEY Track ALICE DAWSON Rocket Staff Footlight Players Girls Basketball DENNIE DEMENT Chorus F. H. A. Student Council Majorette NANCY DEMENT Chorus F. H. A. Student Council Cheerleader JIMMY DOHERTY VIRESS DOYLE WAYNE FICKEL Captain of Football Team Student Council Track DON FINCHER THOMAS FLOWERS Student Council Chorus Rocket Staff GEORGIA FOELSING CAROLYN FOLKES F. H. A. Chorus ELLA FRANKS Rocket Staff JESSE PAUL FREEMAN KATHRYN GIDDENS Pep Squad Chorus F. H. A. JOHN GILES BARBARA GRICE Cheerleader Rocket Staff Parliamentarian of Footlight Players F. H. A. Class and Chapter Secretary Assistant Editor of Yearbook Nominee for F. H. A. Sweet- heart HELEN HAUSMAN F. H. A. 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Chapter Songleader WILEY WYMAN Football 3rd Year Track Band Student Council Rocket Staff Footlight Players ALTA YOUNG .X 8-2 Mr. Childers Front Row: Frances Garcia, Patricia Foreman, Darlene Inman, Beverly Jones, David Koenig, Jimmy Finger, David Kennedy, Richard Flores. Second Row: Marilyn Henderson, Beulah Fay Fritche, Mary Nell Greeson, Sue King, Bonnie Hansen, Dora Flores, Mr. Bob Childers. Third Row: Nelma Fennimore, Venita Sue Gaddy Dorothy Hall, Glenda Haskell, Janice Kohrs, Janice Kuhn, Sandy Hitchcock. Fourth Row: Domingo Guzman, Walter Hadeler, Howard Hansen, Thomas Kunkel, Lillian Kunkel, Ailene Jenkins, Marna Herrin. 8-1 Mr. McKenzie Front Row: Michael Drousche, Gerald Brown. Howard Eads, David Biggerstafi, Bobby Boyd Nita Barrington, Joyce Crites, Ganell Burke, Johnny Brown, Jimmy Davis. Second Row: Billy Boyd, Beverly Daum, Toni Conditt, Carolyn Brannon, Lavada Dockens, Earl Dean, Wilma Anderson. Rita Branton. Bonnie Cordell, Mr, John McKenzie. Third Row: Sandra Carney, Lillie Clopton, Charlotte Currier, Barbara Booker, Judy Berry, Jocelyn Berry, Birdie Burns, Mollie Barton. Fourth Row: Jerrell Archie, Alfred Baker, Cha Charles Dodson, Walter Dollar, Lee Ray Basore, David Bryant, Rudolf Cain, Jerry Boyles, Charles Cantwell. 8-3 Mrs. Harville Front Row: Eugene Mokry, Larry Mills, Merle Moden, Avis McFarland, Laura Lowery, Paula Newcomb, James Norman. Second Row: Linda Jean Pate, Betty Lawhon, Pat Parr, Sarah Jane Powell, Helen Langford, Mary Metz, Mrs. Harville. Third Row: Billy Linder, Claudette Patton, Carol Moore, Carolyn Morisey, Peggy Parrish, Betty Lewis, Virginia Owens, Del Martinez. Fourth Row: Frank Nelson, Daryl Lamb, Ernest McCarver, Melvin Lohman, Joe McDougal, Mike McCutcheon. ' wwf ts ,. .J 3' .V ycjw. -aw My B ,L 1 3-'i f z Q if-pa, H. v, A! rg!! .T-5 it 7-1 Mrs. Hart I Front Row: Cecil Catchings, Virginia Barron, Rita Anderson, Betsy Burba, Janice Beckham Second Row: Vera Carter, Lamar Anderson, Jimmy Brown, Jimmy Baker, Ray Blecher, Barbara Allman, Mrs. Hart. Third Row: Patsy Biggerstaff, Brucie Cavett, Nina Jane Austin, Elaine Berg, Sally Bowmer, Lillie Faye Casey, Myrna Claypool, Fourth Row: Raymond Burns, Bobby Allison, Bobby Barfield, Charley Brown, Jim Atchison, Ronnie Chapman, Gordon Canon. B-4 Miss Cole Front Row: Charles Simpson, Tom Sherrill, Cherry Strong, Ina Faye Rippy, Terry Spencer, Warren Routon, Raymond Sherman, Priscilla Scharfe, Marilyn Schmidt, Barbara Williamson. Second Row: Jesse Woolsey, Willie Thurman, Joe Prewitt, Dee Dee Williams, Claryce Smith, Walter Wyman, Bob Young, Virgil Weiss, Harley Saathoff, Miss Gloria Cole. Third Row: Mauritz Soderlund, Joyce Shannon, Barbara Rush, Helen West, Clysta Stone, Iva Jean Spencer, Lucille Prado, Mary Steger, Paul White. Fourth Row: Edgar Smith, Mary Sue Schwartz, Deanie Wagoner, W. E. Taylor, Allan Rogers, Betty Snowden, Johnny Williams, Barbara Taylor, Hugo Raven. A. ,., 7-2 Mr. McLemore Front Row: Leonora Flores, Darrell Dungan, Ronald Davis, Sammy Franks, Bill Foelsing, Lowell Hamilton, Barbara Davis. Second Row: Emily Ford, Patsy Fleet, Darlene Dailey, Betty Green, Charlotte Griffith, Barbara Hamilton, Mr. Dale McLemore. Third Row: Bennie Engelke, Gerald Haskell, Lewis Edge, Leroy Eastburn, Sammy Cordell Fourth Row: Mary Lou Eppright, Barbara Dean, Sue Hammack, Mary Grice, Sylvia Craddock, Sharon Feuerbacker, Linda Davis, an Mrs. Baker -- 7-3 Front Row: Betty Jo Krueger, Barbara Hornsby, Ethel Ann Kidder, Marie Herrin, Joyce Henderson, Jeanette Jones, Helen Levy. Second Row: Vernon King, Bobby Johnson, Dicky Kemp, Richard Mannix, Jerry Jones, Donald Meyer, Mrs. Baker. Third Row: Frank Lain Jr., Wilbert Johnson, Newell King, Qene Mayes, Wilburn Lohman, Craig Hickethier, Gene Mallard. Fourth Row: Shirley Holenstein, Bette Hilliard, Doinan LaVelle, Mary Lou Lackle, Patsy Lyda, Barbara Meador, Marjorie Mclntyre, Virginia King. 7- 5 Miss Rhodes Front Row: Houston White, Donnie Tew, Curtiss Waggener, Carter Wilson, Joseph Tamas, James Watford, Miss Lillian Rhodes. Second Row: Richard Starewich, Robert Sullivan Patsy Wilder, Bobby Wykes, Lillie Mae Thompson, Wilma Williamson. Third Row: Ruth Valdez, Florene Swenson, Lorene Swenson, Melville Gene Wilson, Joyce Thompson, Jessie Mae Ward, Frances White. Fourth Row: Pearl Sprayberry, Geraldine Windrneyer, Brenda Sublett, Nancy Tumey, Mary Tribble, Bertha Wiederhold. 7-4 Mrs. Walden Front Row: Douglas Nowotny, Tommy Rawls, Errol Schuyler, Jerry Mogonye, Johnny Muniz, Tony Santos, Robert Pursley. Second Row: Shirley Perry, Marion Olfers, Janice Pargman, Glenda Rutledge, Carolyn Parsons, Sonja Newby, Joyce Ann Ross, Gail Reed, Mrs. Walden. Third Row: Maureen Schnitz, Betty Rice, Delores Rummel, Lillian Ross, Sue Middleton, Kathryn Scheumack, Kemper Platt. Fourth Row: Dempsey Nash, Danny Rogers, Glen Noble, J. W. Sanders, Anthony Petrick, Scotty Montgomery, Paul Ramsey, Jerry Polk. Journalism Staff . cont Row: Arthur Chester, Delbert Moberg, Lester Lang, Dean Franks, Sherry Bailey, Delores Henderson, Liz Schwab. Second Row: Avis McFarland, Barbara G1-ice, Carol Wyckoff, Nancy Ramm, Charlotte Currier, Mary Sue Schwartz, Mrs. Conradt. Third Row: Joyce Berry, Dee Dee Williams, Irving Cutter, Ann Baldwin, Martha Jo Sherrill. Alice Dawson, Lawanda Thurman. Fourth Row: Thomas Flowers, Laneta Stefka, Roger Wilkinson, Jerry Scarborough, Wiley Wyman, Yvonne Platt, Martha Smith. QW-' '4 Faculty Front Row: Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Harville, Mr. McKenzie, Mr. Bob Childers, Mrs. Herd, Miss Stella Wilcox, Miss LaDon Sessom, Miss Symmie Gough. Second Row: Mr. Dennis Cowan, Mr. Ray Pine, Mr. Dale McLemore, Mr. W. L. Darnell, Mr. James Jeffrey. Third Row: Mr. Russell Sayers, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Walden, Mrs. Meech, Miss Gloria Cole, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Conradt, Miss Lillian Rhodes. Y Fourth Row: Miss Ethel Acklin, Miss Patsy - Kavanagh, Mrs. Coughran, Miss Gunella Knudson, Miss Wilma Reichert, Miss Sue Rumrnel, Mrs. Little. .ffl .ffl H 3' I. Cheerleaders Front Row: Barbara Grice, Nancy Dement Nancy Ramm. Second Row: Carol Wyckoff, Yvonne Platt. Martha Smith not pictured. Football Team Front Row: Curtiss Waggoner, Billy Linder, John Giles, Willie Thurman, David Kennedy, Gerald Mueller, Alvis Scroggins, Lee Jones, Richard Wolfe. Second Row: Charles Brown, Al Shaffer, Walter Dollar, Ernest McCar-ver, Charles Dodson, Allan Rogers, Victor Mokry, Charles Cantwell, Walter Wyman. Third Row: Mr. Hickerson, Jerry Marx, Don Kenner, John Thompson, Roger Wilkinson, Jerry Scarbrough, Bill Hamilton, Don Fincher, Bob Hawley, Wayne Fickel, Wiley Wyman. Pep Squad Front Row: Carolyn Parsons, Joyce Ann Ross, Geraldine Windmeyer, Laura Lowery, Nancy Kelly, Georgia Foelsing, Joyce Thompson, Charlotte White, Lorene Swenson, Mary Metz Betty Lawhon. Second Row: Mrs. Hart, Pat Foreman, Lillie Mae Thompson, Bette Hilliard, Doinan Lavelle, Darlene Dailey, Betty Greene, Nancy Tumey, Lillian Ross, Florene Swenson, Barbara Hornsby, Joyce Crites, Mrs. Walden. Third Row: Janice Pargman, Carolyn Crider, Joan Beard, Clysta Stone, Barbara Booker, Charlotte Currier, Mary Sue Schwartz, Sue King, Delores Rurnmel, Sharon Feuerbacher, Vera Carter, Dee Dee Williams. Fourth Row: Sandy Hitchcock, Patrice Mokry, Irene Wagner, Kathryn Giddens, Sylvia Craddock, Laneta Stefka, Betty Snowden, Janice Beckham, Betty Voigt, Mary Grice, Harriet Palmer, Janelle Cain, Janice Kuhn. Basketball Team Front Row: Mr. Hickerson, Don Renner, Delbert Moberg. Second Row: Jerry Marx, David Melber, Don Fincher. Third Row: Jimmy Kanetzky, Al Shaffer. Fourth Row: Victor Mokry, Ernest McCarver, Roger Wilkinson, Sam Olguin, Clarence Pruitt. Band Front Row: Dee Dee Williams, Mary Sue Schwartz, Charlotte Currier, Dennie Dement. Second Row: Craig I-lickethier, Barbara Rush, Brucie Cavett, Nina Jane Austin, Cecille Stagner, Bill Foelsing, Lamar Anderson. Third Row: Mr. Clinton Mathews, Helen Langford, Patsy Biggerstaff, Beverly Perry, Leroy Eastburn, Bennie Engelke, James Spaw, Shirley Perry, Henry Hodges. Fourth Row: Linda Davis, Joyce Thompson, Avis McFarland, Lynda Cox, Ann Baldwin, Carolyn Morisey, Jerry Jones, Bobby Wykes, Virgil Weiss. Fifth Row: Walter Hadeler, Don Fincher, Roger Wilkinson, Wiley Wyman, Irving Cutter, Arthur Chester, Joy Meyer, Donnie Tew. Track Team Front Row: Glen Noble, E. C. Mowdy, Delbert Moberg, Maurice Soderlund, Tommy Sherrill Second Row: Mr. Hickerson, Billy Linder, Danny Rogers, Ernest McCarver, Victor Mokry, Thomas Kunkle. Third Row: Errol Schuyler, Jimmy Kanetzky, Don Fincher, Jerry Marx. Fourth Row: Charles Brown, Don Renner, Roger Wilkinson, Jerry Scarbrough, Wiley Wyman, Sam Olguin, Wayne Finkel. Chess Club Front Row: Leroy Henderson, Frank Lain, Bobby Boyd, David Biggerstafi, Jerry Jones, Cotton Watford, Lamar Anderson, Jerry Mogonye, Sammy Franks, Richard Starewich, Second Row: Robert Sullivan, Errol Schuyler, Leroy Easthurn, Gene Malland, Bennie Engelke, Anthony Patrick, Joe Prewitt, Cecil Catchings, Bobby Wykes, Mr. Dale McLemore. Third Row: Ray Belcher, Richard Mannix, Gene Mayes, Mike Drousche, Earl Dean, Arthur Chester, Houston White, Jerry Polk, Warren Routon. ' Fourth Row: Dickey Kemp. Raymond Sherman, Jack Wagoner, lrvlng Cutter, Charles Cantwell, Sonny Sanders, James Atchison. Ninth Grade Chorus Front Row: Paula Casey, Barbara Brill, Jo Ann Neel, Roger Fleet, Gerald Heath, Charlotte White, Pauline Perry, Barbara Wilder, Patricia Tumey. Second Row: Carol Wyckoff, LaWanda Thurman, Nancy Dement, Thomas Flowers, Norma King, Saundra Hoskins, Marilyn Peterson, Mr. Russell Sayers. Third Row: Carolyn Foke, Flo Seekatz, Viress Doyle, Harriet Palmer, Kathryn Giddens, Sue Rodgers, Lynda Cox, Helen Hausman, Linda Kleinschmidt. Fourth Row: Victor Mokry, Yvonne Platt, Alta Young, Jerry Scarbrough, Betty Voigt, Nancy Ramm, Joan Beard, Don Fincher. Student Council Front Row: Helen Langford, Ina Faye Rippy, Marjorie Mclntyre, Patsy Biggerstaff, Bill Foelsing, Joe Prewitt, Craig Hickethier, Bobby Boyd. Second Row: Billy Linder, Don Tew, Sue King, Nancy Dement, Darlene Dailey, Alfred Baker, Carter Wilson, Mr. James Jeffrey. Third Row: Carolyn Crider, Mary Sue Schwartz, Dennie Dement, Martha Smith, Claryce Smith, Scotty Montgomery, Betty Green. Fourth Row: Thomas Flowers, Wayne Fickel, Roger Wilkinson, Jerry Scarbrough, Wiley Wyman, John Thompson, Walter Dollar, a 1. Eighth Grade Chorus ' Front Row: Marilyn Schmidt, Bonnie Cordell, Betty Fay Lawhon, lna Fay Rippy, Peggy Huls, Mary Metz. Second Row: Lavada Dockens, Beverly Daum, Frances Garcia, Libby Jones, Mr. Russell Sayers. Third Row: Sandra Carney, Toni Conditt, Barbara Taylor, Carolyn Moz-isey, Patricia Foreman. F. H. A. Chapter Officers Front Row: Sandy Hitchcock, Treasurer, Nancy Dement, Vice-Presidentg Sherry Bailey, Presidentg Barbara Grice, Secretary, Second Row: Mrs. Harville, Advisor, Carol Wyckoff, Song Leader, Martha Smith, Parlia- mentariang Harriet Palmer, Historian, Charlotte Currier, Reporter, Sue King, Co- Reporter, Footlight Players Front Row: Darlene Inmann, Becky Hatherly, Sue King, Ethel Kidder, Ann Cavett, Charlotte Griffith. . Second Row: Dicky Kemp, Arthur Chester, Johnny Sherrill, Barbara Grice, Miss Gloria Cole. Third Row: Sandy Hitchcock, Avis McFarland, Dennie Dement, Wilma Anderson, Carol Wyckoff . Fourth Row: Nancy Ramm, Irving Cutter, Laneta Stefka, Ann Baldwin, Wiley Wyman, Joyce Berry. Safety Patrol Front Row: Mike Edge, Terry Ericson, Edward Howk, Jerry Thurman, Darrel Farmer, Sonny Trihble. Second Row: Gordon Meinscher, Oscar Nash, Arthur Baker, Billy Cartwright, Jimmy Kelly, Jackie Dungan, Mr. Doyle Hickerson. Third Row: Harvey Oates, Jimmy Reynolds, Thomas Jordan, Charles Boswell, Johnny King, Richard White. Fourth Row: Albert Rennison, Randy Baker, Leslie Shepherd, Jerry Baker, Lloyd Jordan, Tony Rennison. ' v jbzfif Gfizend or 1954 NINTH GRADE x NANCY WAYNE DEMENT HCKEL EIGHTH GRADE SEVENTH GRADE MARY SUE VERA SCHWARTZ CARTER Eg, fx J ig1, I , QL- J . y .-I V A WILLIE THURMAN DONNIE TEW THE MUTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION RENFRO- REXALL A-TEX PRINTING CO. I,ve been saving with Mutual Savings for over nine years. In that time live saved nearly 3700.00 It's fun! Why don't you try it? ANN BALDWIN 9I2 LITTLEFIELD BLDG. PHONE 2-3877 OUR PRINTER New 8: Used Pianos - All Band lnshuments Bledsoe Music Co. 2l7 W. 6i'i'l Phone 8-8539 iSince I89Ij Hammond Chord Organ Sheet Music cf' f ' U2 gn 5 For Finest Feminine Fashions 2904 GUADALUPE . 1 . . ,. ,, 4- , as ,,-gf.. .., ip, THE AKER CKE The Eyer and Emo' of Baker VOL. V ISSUEI BAKER IUNIOB HIGH SCHOOL OCT. 1953 ACTIVITIES I I LL SWING These are the Baker Buckaroos, coached by Mr. Doyle Hickerson. On pages 6 and 7 you will find your information. BAKER BUSTERS By Yvonne Platt This article was extremely hard to get any dirt for simply because all the teachers at Baker are clean and they don't leave any dirt lying around. But with my little shovel I managed to dig up some pretty good information. First of all, one smart little character popped off when a teacher told her class to get out of their notebooks so they could have a test. He remarked that he was too large to get in it in the first place. - Another funny incident occurred when she told her class to buy at least a five cent notebook. The next day she asked her students if they all had their five cent notebooks. Everyone held up his hand except one boy. The teacher asked him where his five cent notebook was, and he told her that he had a ten cent notebook. Student Council Elected By Delbert Moberg The student council elected their representatievs on Septem- ber 29. Two representatives and two alternates were chosen from each social studies class. As the paper went to press the names had not been tallied because of the change of the social studies classes. The student council will elect their own officers. The stu- dent council put on the first sev- enth grade dance, which was well attended. ll. , Vice Principal's Report Mr. Cowan reports that Baker has many new students this year, and that he has enjoyed meeting them. Of course, our school en- rollment has decreased by about 246 students, but we are off to a good start. Mr. Cowan is also well pleased with the student body and thinks we will accomplish much this year. Let's try to keep it this Way, throughout the year. By Carol Wyckoff Ever since September 8, school activities have gotten into full swing. Football games have be- come popular along with drama, music, student council, F.H.A., and pep squad. Homework has now become cr daily routine and tests are be- coming a little more difficult to pass than they were at first. Also staying in has kept most of us from at least one other activity. Many more school activities will develop as the year goes on so look in the paper for the new activities and try to take part in them. BIH Elects Cheerleaders By Carol Wyckoff Been going to the games? No- ticed our cheerleaders? Most peo- ple would answer yes to both of those questions. Now that we have started our football games and that old ri- valry is here, let's get to know our Baker Cheerleaders. The six cheerleaders and five alternates were elected by the student body in September. Although there were supposed to be only five cheerleaders chosen, two girls tied. It was de- cided that both girls become cheerleaders rather than call an- other election. This year's cheer- leaders are Nancy Dement, Bar- bara Grice, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Hamm, Martha Smith and Carol Wyckoff. The alternates are Patricia Foreman, Sandy Hitchcock, Ianice Kuhn, Patsy Parr, and Dee Dee Williams. l..et's all get in that old school spirit and go to theigames and pep rallies and support our team. This year we'll yell our lungs out and yell louder than any other junior high in Austin. Be a loyal Bakeritelll Page TWO THE BAKER ROC KET E FOOTBALL HISTORY By Terry Scarbrough Football was played long ago in England. There were about l5O men on each side and usually about 2 or 3 were killed in each game and up to 50 injured. The Mayflower brought football to America. lt was played several years but it was banned by law because too many wives were left husbandless and two many chil- dren fatherless. Later when foot- ball rules were written, football came back to America and it is now a great American game. OPERATION LU NCHROOM By Thomas Flowers When you eat in the lunchroom, do you realize the work that it takes to prepare your food? lt's surprising that six people can cook up enough food for 325 people. Did you know that it takes sixty to seventy pounds of meat, seventy-five to one hundred pounds of potatoes, fourteen loaves of bread, and fourteen cases of milk for one day. That's a lot of work for these ladies, but we can help them by picking up paper and glasses. Mrs. Bargeley would like to compliment you on how much you have all helped this year, so let's keep up the good work. Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 Iourdan's Grocery and Market 400I Duval PHONE 53-0625 ELEMENTARY NEWS Baker is not entirely a junior high school but has an elemen- tary section which is as import- ant as we are. Let's find out what's happening in the future junior high student's classes. The first grade under the lead- ership ot Mrs. Thomas is off to a big start. Since this is the first year in school they are learning what to do when they get here. Mrs. Meech's second graders were studying a unit on school. They drew a picture of themselves coming to school. Miss Wilcox's third grade class are studying insects. Miss Kavanaugh's fourth grad- ers have been keeping graphic scales of the words that have been correctly spelled. lt is inter- esting to see that each day the scales go higher. Mrs. Hard's fifth grade class, in room S8, have been engaged in a clean-up and decorating cam- paign. They have colored designs on curtains and have hung them in the windows. For pets they have a little turtle and some gup- pies. lf you have gone into Miss Rummel's sixth grade Classroom, you might have noticed their li- bary. They get their books from the Public Library. Miss Rummel and some of the children have also brought books from home. Their librarians are lyme Ma- thews and Lawrence Meyers. Oh yes! Have you noticed some new faces in the elementary fac- ulty? ff you have, they are prob- ably Miss Rose Marie Beals and Mrs. Mary Cahill. They are both seniors majoring in elementary education. WELCOME Tl-IIE PEP SQUAD By Lester Lang The special rooting group for Baker has been organized by Mrs. Walden. The girls that wanted to be in the pep squad were given an oath to sign and be signed by their parents. The oath has ten rules that all pep squad members must live up to. Also they must at least make a C in all classes. There are 54 members, consist- ing of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The rules are designed to keep the group together and ready to cheer at all times. To keep them together there is a rule that says they will not leave during the game for any reason. And to keep them ready, they must not eat or drink anything during the game. A rule designed for safety mea- ures, is that they will not get up to the rail at the stadium. We have a good Pep Squad. Lets support them! Volleyball Tournament By Lawanda Thurman The girls in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades have begun to play in volley ball tournaments. Each P. E. class has organized a girls' volley ball team. These teams will play against each other in their P. E. classes. The four teams in each grade that wins will have a playoff against each other, after school in an in- termural tournament. T May We Be Your Druggist L TOWER DRUG 2807 SAN JACINTO Phone 8-4644 W iley Wyman . l 1 1. C. EVANS t 22 tfiffifs HCWELL s GULF GENERAL CONTRACTOR C mol Wyckoff STATION IOI7 West 34th Street O bl Uno Who San Jacinto Blvd. 8: Duval St. Austin. Texas M Qflhu Smih Phone 2-4555 E lray Weise WESS WILLIAMS CLEANERS GETS YOUR DRY CLEANING CLEAN Wm-lout WASHING OR YouR MONEY BACK A HIGHLAND CASH GRCCERY ,52I6 AVE. F Phone 5-6822 THE BAKER R0 CKET PAGE THREE OUTSIDE PLEASE! By Barbara Grice How many times a day do you hear this? That's right! ln the morning and after lunch! Get out of the halls! You can't stay inside! Go outside. They all mean the same thing and are for the same purpose. To keep the halls quiet and orderly. No don't get me wrong. The teachers won't keep you outside when it's rain- ing or cold but when it's warm and pretty you need to be cut- side. The sunshine and fresh air are good for you. Put yourself in one of the teachers' place. lf you were try- ing to get everything in order, and figure out the things you were going to have each class do, would you want people in the halls running, singing and play- ing chase? Naturally you wouldn't. Well, the teachers don't either. So why don't we cooperate with them and stay out of the halls in the morn- ing and after we finish lunch. GIVE YOUR SUPPORT By Ierry Scarbrough Have you ever gone into the Baker auditorium between 345 and 4:30 on weekdays? lf you have, you have seen the six Baker cheerleaders and the pep squad yelling their lungs out. Why don't you give them all the support you can and go to the games and yell. lt makes the game twice as exciting, and it really helps the boys on the play- ing field, take it from me! So come on-let's all be behind our cheer leaders, pep squad, football team, and school l007Ol ROCKET STAFF Editor-in-chief ........ Laneta Steika Feature Editor ,,.,...... Martha Smith News Editor ............ Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor ........ Delbert Moberg Business Manager..Arthur Chester Picture Coordinator .... loyce Berry Photographer ....,..... Wiley Wiman Exchange Editor ....................Eilzabeth Schwab Proofreader ............ Martha Sherrill Art Editor ........,. Dee Dee Williams Morgue Keeper .................. Bill Rice Staff Typist .............. Arthur Chester The remainder of the class has worked as assistants and repor- ters. SPIRIT OF '53 By Martha Sherrill Ever since good ole Baker lun- ior High was started back in l9ll it has been noted for its won- derful school spirit. Our school spirit is just as much a tradition as the school itself. lt has made us look for the best in everything through victories and defeats. lt's always those Baker kids that yell the loudest at football and basket- ball gamesp who look the proud- est when their school is mention- ed, and who work the hardest to better their school and com- munity. This year is no exception. The team, the cheerleaders, the pep squad, the band, and the student body are all going out to make Baker School the best of all. M E..lQ0..., tii, umm m m U UUE x .ll. ll --li X . X-5 K ii ,AQVE W- g .ks T T -5 naar... WELCOME Baker is swamped with new faces this year, being mostly stu- dents. We are also glad to have the new faculty members. Most of our new students have come from U. I. H. and Ridgetop. We are glad to have all of you and hope you feel as at home as you did where you came from. We hope you like our school, and feel the people are friendly. Let's make this a happy school year. We can do this with cooperation, kindness, and keeping smiling faces. A mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open. BAKER ORIGIN By Laneta Stefka 1953 minus l9ll leaves 42 years. lf you could have been a kid around l900, you would have played on Baker's present loca- tion, for it was the site of a park. Have you ever wondered where the name Baker came from? At the time they needed a school so Baker was built. They decided to name Baker after the first superin- tendent of schools, Mr. D. W. C. Baker. Next time you say or yell Baker put something into it for it's your school. Be proud of it! - HATS OFF By Lawanda Thurman and Sherry Bailey lf you have walked by the bul- letin boards in front of the office you have probably noticed how they were fixed. The pictures are usually used for illustrating our devotionals. These illustrations are really beautiful and the whole school would like to extend their thanks to Miss Knudson and the Art Department for their work on this project. We also wish to thank the stu- dents who have participated in the devotionals this year. We feel that everyone in Baker School has enjoyed and looks forward to the devotional each morning. The devotional enables us to start each day with a new thought for the future. We also wish to thank the teachers who have made a daily devotional program. AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392I CAPITOL DRUG STORE DRUGS AND SUNDRIES I300 N. Congress Highland Cleaners MRS. EMIL TURNER, Owner 52I0 Ave. F Phone 5-68II Bob Gorham Agency REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE l7I0 San Jacinto Dial 8-9376 AUSTIN, TEXAS Page Four THE BAKER RO CKET IN THE PRESS BOX By Martha Smith How do you like this issue of the paper? The journalism class sure would like to know. They can know too, if you will write us a short letter telling us what you have to say about the Baker Rocket. Yes, that's right, this year our press box will be sitting out in front of the main office for you, the students, to put in your cri- ticism an d suggestion for the paper. lf you don't like something about your school paper or if you have a suggestion write us a short note and tell us so. We will pub- lish as many letters as space per- mits from those we receive, right here in this space. You don't have to sign your name to your letters if you do not wish to, but do write and tell us what you think, after all this is your paper. By the way, we want letters not only about the paper, but also the school. WE'VE BEEN NOTICED By Pepper Baldwin Baker started the school year off by being in the news. At the very beginning of school a write-up appeared in the Austin daily paper about our wonderful foot- ballteam. There are a few return- ing lettermen. The write-up also mentioned the decrease in our en- rollment, and the new coach. The day following the election of the Baker cheerleaders, a small feature was printed which stated the names of all yell leaders. lt also included the names of the alternates. Perhaps by the time the next issue of the Rocket is published, Baker will have made the society page! There's good eating ahead SOCIETY One afternoon at 3:30 l was going by the boy's locker room when l ran into one of the boys on the football team. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, has brown hair and eyes and of course he is none other than Wayne Fickel of the 9th grade. He was born in this city on November l0, l939. We soon got to talking and l learned that his favorite sport Cas if we didn't knowj is football, he is one of the captains of the Buckaroos. His favorite teacher is Coach Hickerson. He said he also likes gym, the colors green and white, television, and Sandy Hitchcock tough luck girlsj. Besides his good looks, he has a very won- derful and rare personality, why not meet him and find out for yourself. Our 8th grade personality for this month is brown eyed, brown haired, Claryce Smith. Born thir- teen years ago in Taylor, Texas, this is her first year in Baker. Her favorite teachers are Mr. Childers and Miss Thigpen and favorite subjects being social studies and P. E. She likes to dance, listen to popular music, and collect hit parade books. As of yet she has worry boys, she'll change her mind soon, if she hasn't already. lf you haven't met our Sth grade personality, do so. You'll be glad you did. lt was awfully quiet about three o'clock on the morning of May 25, l94l, but at 4:30 the whole town of Port Arthur, Texas, felt a shock. NOTI-llNG SERIOUS. Luckily, it was nothing serious, at least not very serious: Glenda Rutledge, our 7th grade person- ality, was just delivered to the world. Glenda lives at 5208 Duval with her parents, her younger brother, and her piano, which she enjoys playing very much. lf you can't find this blondish brown haired, blue eyed girl at home listening to Bing Crosby or the song, Va- ya Con Dots , you may find her enjoying her favorite sports, rid- ing horses and swimming. Glenda is 5' tall and plans to be a school teacher when she is older. She also likes the colors, pink and blue, teacher, Mr. Mc- Lemore, and subject, speech. You can lead your son to school, but you can't make him L L'-. W ' ' H no favorite among boys, but don't think' 1usr1F f 'Z'Tff X Q ' ' 'f -Sw ROY Cox SGIVICS 5 V ,. l ' ' ' g Station L '- ,l y - 1 ll! . .Phone 5-942i with Butter Krust' Bread! 'tftfx' stt- f, A 1 Your Frfgnrfilyasgflif Dealer THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE Girls Playclay Went Ott With u Bang By Martha Smith Saturday, October l7th., Play- day for Austin's high school and junior high girls at the U. T. went ott with a bang. Two hundred and titty girls were eligible to participate in this event, having titty girls each trom these high schools: Stephen P. Austin, Mc- Callum, and Travis. Prom Baker, U.l.l-l., Allan, and O'l-lenry lunior l-lighs twenty-tive girls from each school could participate in this event. The purpose ot this Play- day was not only to promote good sportsmanship and iair play, but also tor the girls to be- come more acquainted with girls from other schools. Playday be- gan at 9:00 A.M. tor these girls when they registered and organ- ized the teams in which repre- sentatives trom all schools were on each team. Atter this the activ- ities began with group games, relays, and volleyball. After all the activity there was an inactive or rest period during which a demonstration ot recreational skills was given by the University students and then a sing-song and the announcement of scores followed. To conclude the Play- day a picnic was given. PURE HONEY Produced by Wm. W. Wyman 4004 Ave. D AUSTIN, TEXAS Capitol Auto Sales and Finance Co. Your Friendly Used Car Dealer 2l3 S. LAMAR W. A. Balcer C. P. Young BUY THE BEST EoR LESS Hitters Gasoline Regular 22 9fl0 - Ethyl 25V2 University Tire 8: Oil Co. I9th 8: Lavaca Ph. 8-OI97 ,. A ' W' f -. i-.wig-1 ' 'g,s.'sfr:'I'f- gr :ff x x . . ,,, , ,X Sf... ...WA ,. WMM., W .. . .. 4, . .. ., . aw ' 1.3 ., + X 1 3. - . ' M I -.- tenet-1.52-,131-E222113551--QI...22,2 :W-.. 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S rf 2f2.g,.qss:r: 5-.Q M-..,5,,,, ':::.e.':5.r- E. M . ff V' -frat: Sports Highlight the News By Gerry Heath and Delbert Moberg Morton's Boy Shop will sponsor a 15 minute program announced by sports reporter, Glenn Brown. This program will be devoted to High School and Iunior High School Football. lt will be on the air every Wednesday nite at 7:30 on radio station KVET. There will be scores of the past weeks and interviews ot a coach or a representative from one ot the school teams. Be sure and tune in tor a good summary of the football games around Austin. Showtime In Mrs. Conrciclt's Room By Nancy Ramm Did you ever wonder whether a movie was worth paying 70 cents to see? Well, there's one sure way oi tinding out. lust trip right up those stairs to T-4 and look on the bulletin board. There are the reviews ot the recent movies up there. These reviews are made by widely known or- ganizations who see the films and give them ratings. Try it some- time, it's a big help. Baker's Football Schedule By Gerry Heath Date Time Sept. 30 4:00 P.M. Baker CDD vs. McCallum IFJ October l5 4:00 P.M. Allan lDl vs. Baker CFD October 22 4:30 P.M. Baker CGD vs. OT-lenry COD October 29 4:30 P.M. Baker CCD vs. U.l.H. CGD November 5 4:00 P. M. Baker CDD vs. Travis llfl All games tor Baker are sched- uled tor I-louse ark. The letter in parenthesis after team's name designates section the student body will sit in for that game. BEATS OO. l N T E R l O R S For Those Who Appreciate Fine Things l708 GUADALUPE Phone 8-464i B A L D W l N Pianos and Organs , Capitol Piano Co. I5I8 Guadalupe Street EVERETTE KELLY SALES SERVICE RENTALS SUPPLIES Phone 8-6455 DUNCAN TYPEWRITER CO. PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY EXCLUSIVE ROYAL TYPEWRITER REPRESENTATIVES I5th and Guadalupe Street STANDARD AND El.ECTRlC lDrive-in Servicel C. M. DUNCAN - Phone 2-9830 - i307 N. Congress - Austin, Texas COEEEY'S PAGESIX THE BAKER. ROCKE OUR COACH FOOTBALL LINE-UP Baker Drops Opener, 28-0 ,.,Vqb.,. uf, -qvx 'A.V V AQ,VbA .V:,Q 1 V AA1 . BY Delbert Mctbefg By Delbert Moberg 1 31, ,,,. ...' .','.' 1 . .,,' x, ..',',' , Tl'1g1I'11'1Q1'1 The Mcccllum Scotties took Ozd- 1 -. rilidgjwn vantage of fumbles and penalties HW H ' zeu Geryald Mueller to roll over the Baker Buckaroos. 'V Z .0 --::.. z' - .rf . t .- . 'L' .. ix- of . ,.,. ,... .. ....... , an . ' .. -s--Q.:-:1...:::r:5:.s:i.1 , -v ,,:. wr.. f ,::..ss, L...igfrsh5q5mg1r.,:rr:s. - . - 'Q sw ,. ,L ,.,, ., . ,, ,. .,. , , . V . -... A':-I Ivv' I QF 'l'. ' :-: :-- l s ,w s u u 5 ' 2 , 'I .. 1, I. '- ,. , ,-r..r,' ,ggagf1-g:: '-:f .::iQ.,.Q.I.. .Ea 1 51 5 ? f'i t i':' .' ' By Thomas Flowers ln a lucky city twenty-seve years ago a familiar face aroun Baker was born. The city Texarkana, the familiar face that of Mr. Doyle l-lickerson, n d was was and the day was November l7. Mr. Hickerson went for years to Texarkana Iunior two Col- lege and two years to East Texas State Teachers' College. At East Texas State he played two years on the basketball team. Our coach is a pretty swell guy to know. He is a Baptist and teaches a Sunday school class. Drop by and meet our coach and if you do I'm sure you will be quite impressed with him, WHITE PHARMACY B. M. WHITE 6th and Congress Avenue FAST CITY WIDE DELIVERY Phone 2-545I HytinMunu lO I4 15 l6 l9 Al Shaffer 20 David Kennedy 21 Don Renner 25 Charles Dodson 27 Walter Dollar 28 lohn Giles 32 Curtiss Waggonner 51 Victor Mokry 52 Ernest McCarver 54 Allan Rogers 56 Don Fincher 58 Charles Cantwell 59 Wayne Eickel 60 Wiley Wiman 61 Bill Hamilton 62 Iohn Thompson 63 Ierry Marx 64 Roger Wilkinson 65 Walter Wiman 66 Ierry Scarbrough Something to Cheer About By Ioyce Berry Ever since l9ll when Baker was dedicated, we have been es- pecially proud of our school spirit. At every school gathering, you'll find Bakerites supporting our school. lt is our school and we have made it what it isp a nice, clean, democratic school. Be proud of it and keep it that way. One of the best ways is to let the public see our students to- gether participating in various activities. Let them see us as a friendly and polite group because actions speak louder than words. Let us conduct ourselves in such a way that they will say Gee, I like that school. I hope to see Baker's new stu- dents at the next football game cheering madly or enjoying the next dance. I'd like to welcome all the new comers to our student body and hope they enjoy this school year. Please remember our school is something to cheer about! Early in the first quarter Sam Bowman plowed over to pay dirt for the Scotties first touchdown. The conversion was also good. Baker had the ball on their own two yard line when the Scotties caught a Baker man behind the goal to give them a safety, and led 9-U. As the half ended the Mc- Callum eleven led I5-U. Playing good defensive were Wiley Wi- man, Ierry Scarbrough, and Bill Hamilton. Baker could never move and the Scotties scored two more touchdowns and made one extra point before the gun sound- ed. Playing a good game were Roger Wilkinson, Ierry Marx, and Don Renner. Others helping out were Victor Mokry, Don Fincher, Walter Wiman and Iohn Thomp- son. Maternity Shop Shop Us First or Last I306 GUADALUPE MAYTON Food Market 3800 LAMAR Phone 53-I70l Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 4Ol7 Guaclaupe PRESLEY BALKE I9th and San Jacinto Sts., S. S. AUSTIN, TEXAS Qb1171oifr Zf11tr11riixifm mn, 'nu' huh In nu' '5-I-AUGHQTER lm-I s. LAvAcA 29TH s. SAN JAclNro COMPLIMENTS M. C. Pal-LRRISH AND co. THE BAKER ROC KET PAGE SEVEN New Teachers Say Baker Is Wonderful By Irving Cutter Five new teachers have been admitted to Baker this year. They are Mrs. Mildred Baker, Miss Wilma Reichert, Miss Patsy Over- ton, Mr. Clinton Mathews, and Mr. Doyle Hickerson. Miss Reichert, born in San juan, Texas, has just moved to Austin. She graduated from A. and l. College in Kingsville. This is her first year of teaching and she said it is fascinating work. She teaches the fourth grade. Mrs. Baker, too, has just moved to Austin and has always wanted to live here. Her husband is or student in the university. She was born in Avery, Texas, and grad- uated from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, Texas. Before she moved to Aus- tin she taught English in Farmers- ville High School and was li- brarian in an elementary school in Uvalde. She majored in social studies and English, and teaches social studies and language arts. Mr. Mathews was born in Aus- tin, and graduated from the Uni- versity of Texas. This traveling teacher taught at seven different schools in one day. They were Brykerwoods, Rosedale, Brent- wood, Ridgetop, Wooldridge, Go- valle, and Zavala, the subject being sixth grade instrumental music. He now teaches Band l, ll, and Ill, and mathematics. Mr. Hickerson, our coach, was a junior high coach at a very large junior high in Texarkana for one month. He was born in Texarkana and was stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base for two years before he came to Baker. He said that we would have a lot of playing in the next football games. ' Miss Overton, born in Austin, graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown. She taught the second grade in Thorn- dale high school, elementary combined and in an elementary school in Brownsville. This is her first year of teaching in an Austin school and Baker is the largest shool she has taught in. She says Baker is just fine. F.H.A. HOLDS DANCE By Charlotte Currier and Dee Dee Williams As we walked into the gayly decorated gym of the dance given by the F. H. A., October 2nd, we saw green and white streamers and bright balloons everywhere. A few of the people who made up the stag line were: jerry Scar- brough, Roger Wilkinson, Don Fincher, Gene Mallard, Leroy Eastburn, Claryce Smith, Barbara Booker, Betty Green, and Vir- ginia King. The most exciting moment was the announcing of the F. H. A. chapter officer. Probably the most excited was Sherry Bailey who got the office of president. The F. H. A. thanks you for your cooperation for not breaking any bottles or leaving any bottle tops on the floor. OUR P.T.A. TALKS By Liz Schwab Our P.T.A. is just now organiz- ing and getting things going. The P. T. A. had their first meet- ing on October 13, at 7:30, on the back to school night. They haven't made any plans yet, but they have elected officers. They are as follows: President: Mrs. W. M. lohnston, lr.p First Vice-President: Mrs. D. D. Hutchings: Second Vice-President: Mrs. Lloyd Mey- ers, Third Vice-President: Mrs. L. G. Dementy Fourth Vice-Presi- dent: Mrs. Howard Scotty First Secretary: Mrs. junson Kingg Sec- ond Secretary: Mrs. john Eastor, Treasurer: Mrs. I. W. Corby His- torian: Mrs. Paul Kennard. We are grateful to all the women who take part in our P. T. A.-it means a lot to our school. HOW ABOUT MORE ASSEMBLIES By Bill Rice Do you have an interesting play or skit you and your class would like to put on? lf you do, we can certainly use you in an assembly. Almost every class has something that they can put on. lf we get up enough assem- blies we can have one every week, and we know you would like that. You enjoy watching them Cwe thinkl-why not put one on? Talk to your teachers and get one up. Let's have an assem- bly every week this year. LOOKED IN YOUR DICTIONARY LATELY? As we wandered down the halls, it was amazing how many different answers we got from the question, What would you do if someone gave you a 'smack'. Here are a few from our intelligent Bakerites. judy Berry-'lls it contagious? jimmy Finger- lt would be al- right as long as it's Claryce Smith. Patsy Wann- l'd give it back. Lamar Anderson- It would be allright it it were the right girl. Claryce Smith- I'd grin and bear it. Carol Wyckoff- l'd be walk- ing on cloud lucky seven. jerry Scarbrough- lt may be silly, but ain't it fun! A smack is silly, because it's just a Boat, not what you think it is. North Loop Pharmacy MORRIS AUSTIN, R. PH. Prompt Delivery Service I00-A East North Loop Blvd. Phone 5-9432 IOI-INSON'S SUPER MARKET 50I3 Duval 1 THE FRIENDLY STORE Compliments ot HOME STEAM LAUNDRY I4th and Red River Phone 8-2586 I TEXAS STATE BANK . Austin's Only Convenient Neighborhood Bank MEMBER F.D.I.C. PAGEHGHT THE BAKER R0 CKET I MATH . By Sherry 'Bailey l-lurray! another touchdown. This sound can be heard quite often coming fr o m Mr. Pine's eighth grade math class. Strange you say, well we must admit it is a little unusual, but it is really just the eighth grade playing foot- ball in a new way. You see the game is played in the usual way except instead of running or pas- sing for yardage they work prob- lems. Let's see. lt looks like the seventh grade math students are doing a little review work in frac- tions. The ninth grade general math classes are also doing fun- damental review work. The al- gebra class seems to be discover- ing sign numbers. Now we have the best news of all. Mr. Pine says that we are go- ing to have a math club this year at Baker. The date has not been definitely set but Mr. Pine said that he hoped it would be organ- ized by the end of the second six weeks. He also said that if enough eighth and ninth grade students were interested that they would have a different g r o u p from the seventh grade. We hope everyone will be interested and join. fblh Seville The South's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop I6th AND GUADALUPE Phone 8-432l Drama Starts in at Baker By Martha Smith Drama tryouts were held Mon- day and Tuesday, October the 5th and Sth in the auditorium. Thirty Bakerites were chosen out of the sixty who tried out. They were chosen because of their abi- lity in giving a skit or other oral selection. The lucky actresses and actors are Nancy Bamm, Carol Wyckoff, Dennie Dement, Carolyn Crider, Virginia Wann, loyce Ber- ry, Alice Dawson, Margaret Lay- bourn, Ann Baldwin, Laneta Stel- ka, Barbara Grice, Ann Cavett, Sandy Hitchcock, Wilma Ander- son, Becky Hatherly, Darline ln- man, Sue King, Avis McFarland, Ethel Ann Kidder, Emily Ann Ford, Charlotte Griffith, Iohnny Sherrill, Arthur Chester, Don Lee Tew, Glenn Noble, Dicky Kemp, lrving Cutter, Lee lones, Wiley Wyman, and Craig Hickethier. Our speech teacher Miss Cole is supervisor of this club. Here's wishing them good luck on their plays which they will give throughout the year. Homemaking Happenings By Mary Sue Schwartz The girls in Mrs. Harville's homemaking classes have been rather busy. The 7th grade classes have learned to take care of their fingernails and have been manicuring them. The 8th grade are going to start their first lesson in sewing. A lady from Scarbroughs visited each 8th grade class and talked to them about material. T If you happen to be walking F. H. A. Busy With Fall Activities By Laneta Stefka The F. H. A. in Baker has been pretty busy with the elections of chapter officers. The newly elected officers elected by secret ballot were president-Sherry Bailey, vice- president-Nancy Dement, secre- tary-Barbara Grice, treasurer- Sandy Hitchcock, co-reporters- Sue King and Charlotte Currier, parliamentarian - Martha Smith, song leader-Carol Wyckoff and historian-Harriet Palmer. There were thirty-two girls who were nominees. May our F. H. A. offi- cers have a successful year and the backing of the student body. SAFETY PATROL By Wiley Wiman We have a very nice group of boys who compose our Safety Patrol. These boys will do their best so it is up to us to help them. The boys have gotten new caps and belts which look very nice. The captain, Walter Hadenlder said they would appreciate it, if we would help them, help the scliool by minding the Safety Pa- tro . Look Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP lol WEST sih The Ioe Cockrell CO. bY the homemaking. room and SALES - SERVICE - RENTALS - SUPPLIES , smell something delicious, you - PRINTING - OFFICE SUPPLIES will know it's the 9th grade girls Dune ' . . an T l6I6 Lavaca S+, cooking. According to Mrs. Har- Cypewrlter PHONE 7-4467 ville these girls cooked a very 0' d 1. . . e lclous' mst luncheon' EXCLUSIVE ROYAL TYPEWRITER REPRESENTATIVES Barnes 6 Skeeteris Barber Standard and Electric . E.J. Sk t H b t, 403 East 43rd Street 2gf3eE-,uadegluile owner C'P:'ll13g-FJQQN PHONE 53-I I22 ON THE DRAG - - Ausnn 5' Texas Phone 8-0265 l307 N. Congress Austin, Texas D Pepp r Malts - Shakes - Sundaes - Cones - Pints - Quarts D AIR Y Q U EE N TASTES BETTER 29l2 Guadalupe 5255 Burnet Road CC E f The Eyef and Emcr of Baker VOL. V ISSUE ll BAKER IUNlOR HIGH SCHOOL NOV., 1953 THAN DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS by Barbara Grice The officers of the Drama Club were elected Tuesday, October 13. They are as follows: Presi- dent Laneta Stefka: Vice-Presi- dent: Ann Cavetg Secretary: Nancy Rammp Historian: Carol Wyckoff 5 Parliamentarian: Bar- bara Grice. They selected for their name The Footlight Players. Their first play is titled The Fighting Littles. Tryouts for parts were as follows: Mrs. Little .................. Laneta Stefka Mr. Little .................. Iohnny Sherrill Goody ..........,.,......... Barbara Grice Ham Ellers ................ Don Lee Tew Eilmer ............. ................ L ee Iones Antoinette ...................... Emily Ford Almatina ................ Darline lnnman Henriette .................... Nancy Ramm Norman Peele ............ lrving Cutter Cousin Oleta ............ Ann Baldwin Mrs. Harpeddle ...... Carol Wyckoff Dicky .................... Craig Hickethier Miss Baloga ........ Charlotte Griffith Cuckoo .................... Virginia Wann Screwball ......,....... Becky Hatherly Student Director ............ Ann Cavet The play is being presented on November 23 and 24. Band Holds Elections by Charlotte Currier and Ann Baldwin What was that that hit me? lt must have been the baton of one of our new majorettes! Charlotte Currier, Dennie Dement, Mary Sue Schwartz, and Dee Dee Wil- liams were elected to be the Baker majorettes. They are plan- ning to twirl in the parade down Congress Avenue on Band Day. Surely they will lead our great Baker Band to even greater achievements. KSGWENG DAY by Charlotte Currier One of the many things for which we can be thankful is Thanksgiving Day itself. When life begins to seem a little dull with its regular round of school Having an executive meeting Ire the Eootlight Players' officer: Left to right they are: Barbara Brice, Laneta Stefka, Ann Cavet Nancy Ramm and Carol Wyckoff ART DEPARTMENT MAKES ASH-TRAYS FOR BANGUET Miss Knudson's art department made ash-trays for the National Administrator's Banquet which was held at the Driskill Hotel at noon on October 30, 1953. The host was the superintendent of the Austin Public Schools, Mr. lrby Carruth. There were 40 su- perintendents from 22 states. They were from cities having popula- tions of lUO,UOO- 2U0,0UO. Also at- tending the banquet were the School Board and the Commis- sioner of Education, Dr. I. W. Edgar. and never-ending lessons, along comes Thanksgiving and gives us a holiday. We're thankful for vacation, but We're just as thank- ful for the chance to goto school again. The people who celebrated our first Thanksgiving Day would have been glad if they could have the opportunity to go to schools such as we have today. The first Thanksgiving procla- mation issued by a President was after the Revolutionary War, when President Washington ap- pointed Thursday, November 26, 1789, as a day of general thanks- giving and prayer. lt was Lin- coln, however, who finally estab- lished our Thanksgiving Day as a regular and permanent holiday. ln 1864 he issued a proclamation appointing the last Thursday in November for a general day of thanksgiving. He planned to have the day observed thereafter as an annual holiday and most presi- dents since that time have fol- lowed his example. On receiving the President's proclamation, the governors of the several states issued procla- mations of their own, naming the same day, the last Thursday of November, which is the accepted day all over the United States. Almost all countries have had days of thanksgiving, even as far back as the times the Bible tells of, when the Children of Israel were in the land of the Canaan- ites. The ancient Greeks and Romans had festivals of harvest, and in England the Harvest Home is a day still celebrated in country districts. Thanksgiving is a day of big family dinners and of festive en- tertainments, but back of all this feasting and hilarity is the reason why we keep a day like this. The name oi the holiday explains the reasong--we keep this day for giving thanks. PAGETWO THE BAKER ROCKET A RJ? UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE I :rust qo-In REPORT I by Martha IO Sherrill Ierry Scarborough-with a crew cut. Bonnie Platt-quiet and shy. Dee Dee Williams-with a poodle. Our cheerleaders-not hoarse after a game. Algebra I--without Ierry Scar- borough, Roger Wilkinson, and Carol Wyckoff. Martha Smith-without those 0 0 dimples. 0 0 0 David Kennedy-without his 4 0 0 0 0 ninth-grade girl friends. 1 0 bb 0 . Vera Carter-without her friendly ,E Q, smile. 6 B I' Ap ' I Lamar Anderson-being courte- 6 S I 0 7 . ous to the cheerleaders. B 5 6 6 0 Emily Ann Ford-looking bored. ?4+ ii v-,y ...-....-.....,.. This is a familiar scene in the Igalls of Bakery his head was in the THE NIGHT BEFORE clouds until he got his report car s. -I-HANKSGIVING F. H. A. TRIP by Charlotte Currier Did you hear someone saying, Did I forget anything? Oh, l'm cold! I can't wait until we get started, or anything of that type? It you did that was the F. H. A. girls getting ready to start for Dallas. The trip turned out to be sensa- tional with the two wonderful bus drivers, Smitty and Dizzy, and our wonderful chaperones. We did everything under the sun from making up yells to sleeping and from eating to rid- ing the roller coaster. X 23512166 0179 eos Congress Charles Lee Music Co. 2406 San Antonio St. Holton Band Instruments THE CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING by Nancy Ramm and Dee Dee Williams In the years past on Thanksgiv- ing everyone in the family piled into the sleigh and drove off to Grandma's house for a day of feasting and fun and, most im- portant, giving thanks to God. Now, most families still get together and eat and give thanks and have fun. Usually there is turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce, potatoes, giblet gravy, 'hot rolls with butter, pumpkin pies and all other kinds of things. Doesn't that sound good? People celebrate Thanksgiving in other lands too. In Norway, when the harvest has been taken in for the year, they have a feast called Host Gilde. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated annually on the last Thursday of November in Canada. When the harvest is taken in, the Scotch celebrate the Kern. In Russia, the harvest festival was one of the most important in the whole year. aol 'TIM 3l 'l'iigl . North side W H CALCASIEU by Arthur Chester 'Twas Thanksgiving eve, and all through the room, The turkeys were chewing their toenails in gloomy The axe was hung in the kitchen with care, Lest it murder the turkeys ere morning was there. The children were snuggled all safe in their beds, While turkey and cranberries danced in their heads. With Mama in bed, I was in the kitchen, And just settled myself for a mid- night snitchin' When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the ice box to see what was the matter. To the window I ran, a fast- moving shapep Tore open the shutters: Cnow they're fixed with Scotch tape? The moon on the city park's white snow Was shining away at spooners below, When what did my wondering eyes behold, But a '54 Plymouthg it must've been stoledy With a tough-looking driver, a gun at his side- I knew in a flash it was sneak- thief McRide. I got out my shotgun and gave him a leer- Mclitide got no turkeys from my house this year! ITQHLE' 'B'A K 'EIRPLV R O C 1.' KrE T X PAGE 'THREE l Miss' Cole holds new curtains in auditorium... T ' '- Sixth Grade Happenings by Roger 'Wilkinson Telephone directory: Which one! What, you 'haven't heard about c the ltelephone 'directory Miss Rummelfs Sth grade class is making, well they have and it' contains their names, addresses, and phone numbers. They also have an ' aquarium' with two gold fish and some guppies. They have in 'a separate container a turtle which hasn't been named yetj One of 'Miss JGough's sixth grade A' pupils was talking to an- other 'student and was telling him about theirelectrical shop. Their electrical shop consists of some telephone bells running on 'dry Mustangs Trim Baker 13-0 T it 'by.1?Qteifi11Hef1.t11 .Cfnd. 'Y f,Fightin'g Vthrouhghrain and ijnud during thetffsecdind-yhalt otirplay the .IE iM'ustangs fro1ri:jO. . SchjQ5.Ql'1- slipped Vlpast 'thetifbiiiker Bucliaroosi- theylfirst quare ter' the MLtstangsgb1o:ksd3 Baker PUNT' ' 5395 f5Wi'1b1QYsELi.-lets:-t.TOM Fainter-f' Qjfff . ' Bobblf -',l',NUI1lS for the'iscoret.gQQFQ1ii1ter thenegl-led Ove? sfO1 'fhe siitfiif 'l Pdnfifr QE During the ju 't-hirdfg 1 guarter ith ball :-t changedffg-hands!gfrequentfy, and finally inthe last quarter.-the Mustangs rolled overitor another tally to cinch the game..The.try for extra point failed and fthe game ended the O. Henry Mus- tangs l3 'andlour Bakerteam U. Starring for Bakerwere ,Bill l-lame ilton, Don. Fincher, 'and ,Timmy Kanetzky. Also playing 'the .whole game on offense. were Tohn 'Giles and Victor Mokry. Helping- to keep the score down were Ernest McCarver' and Allan Rogers, but as' a whole the ,Baker team was just notstrongenough to hold tho powerful lltflustangs. Int the 'other game,U.T.H. cinched a, tie for the championship by defeating, the Travis Rebels.26,to 7. Y' y ' ' ' 4' r ' STATISTICS 3 . ' Baker O.Henry. Passes attempted 8- 5 Passes completed .... l I 2 y Passes intercepted .... 4, . l ' Yds. gained passing'l5 . 24. Yds. gained rushing 59 485- cell batteries. ' E ' Penalties --------- --5 ---- I 1- .1 , . 5 Fl T 5 'I Yds. lost on penalties 5 Q, 35 Ch-Gln Feed-S , Fumbles. ..,......- ...,....... - V2 Q 2 ...ru-is supnuoarezns l First downs ..... Q3 - f I4 - . Clayson Fuller, Mgr. S b ' ' ' A ' ' H 2 ' 'Red ,Chain Feed Company 1 Y quQrt?rS'V 0-0-OAG? U c 40' Weil 3't' Sf' l'Q Ef'ff'fi y o. il-lenry ........ g...7-0-Q-Gets Pauline's Beauty '--'ts rrShop-ef .5 ,45l7Ave.F ,- V . T Ph.,5?-OS25, 4 . AVE. B GROCERY T n A Where NljNeighbors Traded I A 4403 Ave. B ' -' Til-ioNE 5313921 -- M '- . Cgtripliments of fi up in HOME 'STEAM 311 T. .LAUNDRY- l4th and Red River Phone 8-2586 1 ' H. Mgy We Be- bruggisl' :- ' DRUG, if zaov ASAN JACTNTUE' Phone 8-4644 i -1- ' THE PURPOSE OF THANKSGIVING by 'Barbara Grice What is the purpose of Thanks- giving? No! Not to go and see the Texas-A. and M. game, but to be especially thankful to God for being so gracious to us. With 'Indians as guests, seated about -tables loaded with food, our Pilgrim Fathers celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Octo- ber l62l. . . -ln. l864 President Lincoln set aside the fourth Thursday in No- vember to be 'nationally known Cis. 'Thanksgiving Day. So when Thanksgiving comes around, stop awhile -and thank God for being so -goodqto usi Back Up? Our ,School- Aqtivities T A ' by'Char1otte Currier Y ' Say kids, what's wrong? Have you forgotten our school activities such as dances,-A football games, pep -rallies, band, the football team, and F.H,A.' lt's hightimev we back' these up. Find out what's going on behind the clubs and activities. Help plan the schbol idances and attend them. Go' to' our football games and help cheer our team on to VIC- TORY. 'l..et's back up our school activities. - T - ' t THE LONG STRETCH by Martha Io Sherrill 1 . The 'hunterf slowly stalks - his prey., He .draws a bead, takes careful' aim-twanngl. A bullseye as another .rubber band hits its markf P Yessir, the more they practise the better? they get around hereg' But, alas, of asudden the rubberubarids are banned. Yoi' wanna- 'know the 'whys and wherefores. O.K. Here they are. I-low do you think it feels to be Sitting in class concentrating very hard on nothing in particular, when you are suddenly hit from behind with a rubber band. Pleasant? Not at all. As a matter of fact, it just ,plain hurts and someone might get an eye put out. ' Chances are you'll live over the world-shaking loss of this little article so cheer up and look ahead to brighter days when rubber bands go out of fashion. PAGE FOUR. rr-is HAKER nocxer eroonagfiea Hmmm, who is that? came from a huddle of boys in the hall one day. lt's Martha Smith, someone replied. Martha is our ninth grade fa- vorite for this month. She is 5'5 tall, weighs 118 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. Longview, Texas, is where she was born on December 13, 1938. She has gone to Baker for three years, and hasn't taken interest in any certain boy this year. Hop to it, boys-now is your chance. Her telephone number is 5-0628, and by the way, talking on the telephone is her hobby. Martha's ambition is to be an army nurse CBoys, you can enlist now.l Be- sides taking an interest in cheer- leading, she likes swimming very much and the song, Blue Moon. lf you .haven't met our ninth grade favorite, be sure you do! 'ii' Wow! Have you ever seen a 5'Z1fz , brown haired, blue eyed doll walking down the hall? You have. lt's Willie Thurman, who was born in Austin, Texas, on Ianuary 8, 1940, and has lived in Austin all his 13 years. He has gone to Baker 7 years. fHe skipped the fourth grade, that brilliant boyll He has two sisters and a brother who attend Baker, too. Some of his favorites are hill-billy music, reading, Mexican food, gym, Mr. Hickerson, green, red, football, and some lucky girl in the seventh grade. Willie Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint' Food Market 3800 LAMAR TT'l'his month's personalities are Willie, Thurman, Martha Smith, and Donnie Tew. played right half on the football team this season, and Weighs 103 lbs. Football is okay for now but for the future Willie wants to be a doctor. 7? Have you ever seen a tall dark boy walking happily along the hall and wondered who he was? lt happens to be our 7th grade personality this month, Donny Tew. ' Donny was born Ianuary 3, in Austin, Texas, and is 12. years to Ridgetop last his first year at old. He went year, and for Baker he likes it very much. To more about his let you know good looks, he is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 118 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes., lt's too bad for you girls because it looks like Donny has already taken an interest in a certain someone named Emily Ann Ford. With Donny's winning smile .and per- sonality, he is the boy we are all watching to go far. .....+.L.......--..1- BOOK WEEK by Thomas Flowers Book week is going to be a big affair for the librarians this year.. They are going to have a fair, where they display books of their own choice. After this, they are going to have dinner together. You students can have a good time during book, week too. There are dozens of good books to read, among which are: The Texas Rangers, Between Planets, Pirates, Atoms At Work, and above all the Bible, which is a library within itself. Have you every. thought of books as windows? They are win- dows through which we look at the world. lncidentally, the theme for book week is Reading is Fun. i.....l.....---- FADS N' FASHIONS by Martha Smith Click, click, click! What's that noise? You guessed it. Some boy is walking down Baker's halls with his ever popular taps on the bottom of his shoes. lt seems to be quite a tad around Baker these days for the boys to wear taps or black suede shoes. As for the girls they would rather have a middy blouse any day. It seems all the girls think these blouses are iust darling. lt also is quite a fad around Baker for ct girl to let you know it she's available to date. If she has a boy's jacket or a chain and ring around her neck, Scram .... lf not, now's your chance. The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of fha South meets that of the WMF' with Butter Krust Bread! 4:21 euaaalupe Phone s-azzs In 1949 Federal Expenditures Amin' Tm' m..a.m1'm mm M' . were 515984 per family. V A Lool: Your Best' For School Days 1 1 d F h d ere s oo ea n a e . SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP 9 '9 a , non west sn. t ,V had ij ' A , K l - I 1 X fo, .Z 7,4 ew WG? ,....-ef t M1-wron 1 MQQLQM 55 ,rig MMM , yfjgl Phone 53-I 70l Ml' THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE U.J.H. NIPS SPIRITED BUCKAROOS by Delbert Moberg and Gerry Heath The U.I.H. Eagles cinched a championship title by defeating the Baker team 25 to 2l and ended a defeatless season. Sparked by Mike Cotton, Lonnie Reed, and Charles Weiss the Eagles romped to a 25-O halftime score. But a pep talk by Coach Hickerson sent the Baker team into the second half with fighting spirit. Bill Hccmilton on a handoff from Waye Fickel scampered 62 yards for a touchdown but was called back because of an infrac- tion of the rule. But on the next play Fickel again called for Ham- ilton who once again went sixty- two yards for a T.D. Bill then went over for the extra point. A few minutes later Hamilton ran up the middle for 30 yards and a touch- down. Don Fincher' made the extra point and the score stood U.1.H. 25 and Baker l4. Another fumble which was recovered by Victor Mokry set up another tally. Hamilton on a delayed buck through the center scored his third T.D. Iimmy Kanetzky went over for the extra point. The Eagles took possession with about 3 minutes left and racked up a couple of first downs to run the clock. Outstanding play- for Baker included Don Ren- out ers ner, Ernest McCarver, Allen Rog- Ierry Marx, Terry Scar- ers, borough, Wiley Wyman, and Iohn Thompson. We could name a whole load of players, but instead we will say the whole Baker squad played grand and we wish them better luck next time. f STATISTICS ' Baker U.I.H. Yards Rushing ,.,,,,,,,,,,,.,, 97 253 Yards Passing ,,.,.......,,.,, U , '34 Passes Attempted ......,,.. 4 2 Passes Completed ,,,.,... U l Passes lntercepted ......., U O Fumbles .,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2 3 First Downs ,,.,....,,..,,,,.,., 7 8 Penalties ,.........,.,.,,,,,..,,,,, 4 8 Yds. Lost on Penalties 20 lU5 Number of Punts .......... 3 l Dad: Son, l'm spanking you because I love you. Son: Dad, I wish I were big enough to return your love. ALLAN EDGES BAKER 7-0 by Gerry Heath and Delbert Moberg The Allan Bulldogs scored mid- way during the third quarter to slip past the Baker eleven in a rough, tough, and hard fought game until the sound of the whistle ending the game. Iesse Hernandez sparked the Bulldogs on offense with a beautfiul bit of trick running and pitchout plays. Iimmy Martinez on a handoff from quarterback Hernandez went over for the only score of the game. Hernandez passed to Martinez for the extra point. Baker's Don Fincher, took a handoff from quarterback Roger Wilkinson to out run the Allan defense for 3U yards for one of the outstanding plays of the game. Ierry Marx got Baker out of a driving attack by the Bulldogs by intercepting a Hernandez pass and running it back 25 yards to give Baker possession of the ball. Ierry Scar- borough, Bill Hamilton, and the Wiman brothers were very out- standing during the game. Don Renner, Iohn Thompson and Ern- est McCarver also were in there most of the game. In the other game McCallum Scotties defeated the Travis Rebels I9-7. STATISTICS Baker Allan Passes attempted ...... 5 4 Passes completed ...... O l Passes intercepted .... l l Congratulations To Football Pasts Dear Football Team: Congratulations for the good work you have done this football season. You have put up a good fight against all the opponents and have improved with each game. We know that you will continue to do this. You boys who didn't get to play don't need to feel bad because you'll get your chance next year. You can be sure that we will support you all the way. Yours truly, Baker student body ..... fllllEBlL,.U0NE SAVE inthe Mutual Savings Institution c0,f,fE,,'. V Jlfiafsfcnify .fjlgolb Shop Us First or Last No. of penalties ,.,....... 7 5 Yds. lost on penalties 40 45 H06 GUADALUPE Number of punts ........ 3 3 Av. yds. per punt ...... l7.l 28.7 , First downs ..............,. 5 6 will 99111119 Yds, gained rushing 109 113 The South's Unique Restaurant Yds. gained passing U ll and Gift Shop -l---- I6th AND GUADALUPE STANDINGS Phone 8-432I Won Lost U.1.H. ........... ,,,...,.. 5 U McCallum ...... ...,..... 4 l 532: O. Henry ........ ......... 2 3 ' . Allan .,...,..... ,.,....., 2 3 Travis .,... ,.,.,,.., 2 3 gli ' Baker .,..,....,.,,,,,.,..,,,,,,,,,, 0 5 Station Phone 5-942l Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer Roy Cox Service 43rd 8: Duval Hyde Park Pharmacy Sci-iool. suPP1.iEs Let Us Fill Your Prescription 4017 Guadaupe ,A PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET Tomorrow Never Comes by Roger Wilkinson Do you often say, l'll do it tomorrow ? But do you ever realize that you keep on putting something off so long that the day never comes that you will do it. Sometimes your mother helps you remember when tomorrow comes, but when you have to remember yourself to do some- thing tomorrow you are apt to forget to do it. lf you keep on saying, l'll do it tomorrow, please stop and realize that in some instances tomorrow never comes. B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano W I5I8 Guadalupe Street I Co. WIN N ' S 5-IO-25c STORE 4IOI Guadalupe Boost the Baker Buttons ' - :Grieg lv, .3.5.1I25'g3:,ggv.,g:-3:5513,2 .. 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'- 'if '-'::I gr.. .-as-,::.,s by Grice and Wyman Does Baker's patriotism stop with the football season? No. You should be patriotic the year around, and wear a green and white Baker button. You may think that twenty-five cents is an awful lot to pay for one of those buttons, but just think-you get the Baker Rocket free. As you know, it takes money to print a paper, and selling the buttons is one of our ways of getting it. Varsity Drug L. v. stomoulsr ' Across from Gregory Gym I I I East 2Ist HAMILTON ELECTRIC WORKS I306 Red River 'Delco Motor Distributors Dayton Belts Distributors Motor Rebuilding and Repair Carbozite Protective Coating Distributors The Toe Cockrell Co. PRINTING - OFFICE SUPPLIES I6I6 Lavaca St. PHONE 7-4467 VON-BOECKMANN-JONES CO. STATIONERS - PRINTERS 700 East Ilth Phone 2-I I63 GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe R. M. HUGHES Chemicals - Laboratory Equipment Containers 24II East Ist gllefgll if TELEPHONE 6-5l IO FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas l 'FWORRIED GENTLEMEN, TAKE I-'IEED by Martha Io Sherrill Men, do you have trouble get- ting dates, does the girl you love shun you, then use Emily Post's all-purpose guaranteed manners. Seriously, there are several things you should remember when try- ing to avert a girl's eyes from the tall, dark, and handsome foot- ball hero. A man should always be intro- duced to a lady, a single woman to one who is married, a young woman or man to an older per- son, however, the lady is intro- duced to the man in the instance of a duke, a bishop, or some other big shot-this does not however include big-league baseball plav- ers, movie-stars, or head-waiters. How do you do, is the most widely accepted phrase. COh well, who needs to be introduced anyway?J One other thing, you gentlemen should not offer a limp fish of a hand when introduced, to the other extreme, if you wish to demonstrate your tremendous strength, bring along an iron bar and bend it double betore shak- ing hands to prove that you could break the girl's arm if you wanted to, but you are just too gentle- manly to do it. 'When dreaming up articles for this paper we always try to maintain an air of professional dignity about the Whole thing tl don't know what professional dig- nity means, but it sure looks good in printj. Perhaps we haven't done this article justice, but as they say in the higher cir- cles, We urged our minds to- wards the better things that touch the limit of one's talents, or, in plain English, We did our darndestf' The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.I.C. U.S. Government Depository .F , THE BAKER ROCKET VOL. V ISSUE ll BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NOV., 1953 Christmas Means S0 an Thin s Mrs. Hart's Cfass Enterfclins A Thanksgiving play was given by Mrs. Hart's class for Mrs. Bakers class on Wednesday, November 25. Soda pop was dis- tributed afterwards for both sev- enth grade language arts classes. The play was named, The First Thanksgiving, and it was about a family coming to America for the first time. Playing parts in the play were Patricia Mokry, ferry Polk, Paul Ramsey, Barbara Hamilton, Gene Mallard, Elaine Schmidt, Sue Hamilton, Bobby Barefield, Nancy Turney, Toe Tomas, Lorene Swen- son, and Patsy Fleet. Patsy was absent and her place was taken by Lillie Faye Casey. The ar.- nouncer was Sammy Cordell and the Narrator was Wilbert john- son. Refreshments were served by Leon Hanson, Iimmy Baker, Sue Hamack, Ben Vasquez, and Lillie Faye Casey. Art Department Helps Baker Develop Christmas Look The Art Department went all out to help Baker get that Christmasy look. Under the comps-tant direction of Miss Knud- son, each grade undertook its own project. The 7th grade decorated the lunch room and drew Christ- mas pictures for their advisory rooms. The 8th grade made that beautiful stained glass window in the Auditorium. Both of the 9th grade classes had projects of their own. One Qth grade made the mural on the devotional bulletin board and the other went even farther into division by dividing into two groups tboys and girlsf to make and decorate the hang- ing metal tree in the front hail. Looking at picture of Christ held by Bruce Cafvet are Mary Edna, Hall- mark, Sarah. Scott: cmd Richard White. OUR SAFETY PATROL Have you noticed what a really good job our safety patrol is do- ing? l-fave you realized that rain or shine they are always out on the corners ready to help you cross the street? Accidents are prevented, dangerous crossings are made safe and many other helpful things are done by the boys on our safety patrol every day. Remember to give these boys your complete cooperation when they are helping you across the street and l'm sure you and your saefty patrol will get along much better. A Doctor in Our Midst Miss Gough, one of our sixth grade teachers, is about to receive her Ph. D. November 24, she took her foreign language exam and passed with flying colors. She had to read a book in German and fell them what it said. All she has to do now is finish the rest of her exams and research papers. lust think before long we will have a Doctor among us. 3 'Twas the night before Chirstmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouseg The stockings were hung By the chimney with care, ln hopes that St. Nicholas Soon would be there. This portion of the famous poem The Night Before Christmas ex- emplifies one of the many ways Americans celebrate Christmas to- day. On Christmas morning we wake up early to see what Santa Claus has left us. In this way we exchange gifts. The splendor of the tree is so beautiful it takes our breath away. We have break- fast and go to the church of our choice. After church we have a big Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Aren't our lives filled with blessings? BURNED OR RIPPED? The Baker homemaking classes are now in full swing. The ninth grade is concentrating on breads. They are planning a Christmas party with their candy and baked cookies. The classes will send some of the cookies and candies to the veterans around Austin. The eighth grades are sewing for the first time and they expect to put on a style show. They are going to have a party not only for the class but for their families also. Last but not least is the seventh grade, who has just wound up heredity and background of hu- man beings. They Were also learn- ing the correct diet and cleanli- ness of the human body. These seventh grades are beginning cooking and are concentrating on snakes. The F. H. A. observed their week from November l to the 7th. They had the devotionals and the assembly for that week. 2 PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET L. Ft. Benson presents science awards to Arthur Chester. The Editor Speaks When l was paging through the Rolling Stone l came across an article entitled Gossip Never Dies, But Papers Fade Away. This well explains the need for all papers to cut out the ever threat- ening gossip. This year our Rock- et is trying to do just that. This year l would like to say congratulations to Arthur Chester on behalf of the student body for his accomplishments. l'd like to say thanks to all of you teachers and students who have taken your time to present our morning devotionals which were greatly appreciated. Let us make this new year a good year and be all out Baker- ites. Baker is what we make it. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. The Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief ....,, Laneta Stefka News Editor i......... Carol Wyckoff Feature Editor ........ Martha Smith Sports Editor .. Delbert Moberg Business Manager Arthur Chester Picture Coordinator Ioyce Berry Photographer ......,. Wiley Wyman Proof Reader ........ Martha Sherrill Lost, Strayed or Stolen: One Junior High Class You are calmly running down the hall, breaking all speed lim- its, when all of a sudden you no- tice something strange about that class you just passed, It was quiet. What can be the matter? Why, there's no one in there, no one, that is except the teacher who is beyond trying to reason anything. Ah, there comes Ann Cavett, Dennie and Nancy Dement, Carol Wyckoff, and Cecille Stagner, down the hall singing jingle Bells. Fifteen minutes late and no excuse! They thought they'd get away with it but they learned the errors of their ways when the distraught teacher yelled, Four hours after school. You know, l just don't think it was worth it. Bakerite Receives Award lt was way last spring that Arthur Chester began work on a paper to sumit in a national con- test put on by the 'Society of Met- als. His paper was on a mathe- matical problem and he received help from Mr. Pine. Arthur submitted his paper in Many of 1953 and on November l7, 1953 the awards were given to him. He took first place in his age group. Mr. Benson, of the University of Texas, made the presentations of a certificate, a 350 government bond and a mem- bership pin in FRuture Scientists of America to Arthur and to the school he presented a plaque for the trophy case. 1.-.-.' '-...-1 Why Teachers Are Gray The speed limit on the open highway in Texas is 60 mph. but in Baker the students seem to think the hall speed limit is l'ZO. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad, but around here they don't even give hand signals. The teachers try to slow them down but if they dare to step in front of a speeding pedestrian, they become hit and run victims almost at once. The teachers could probaby even put up with this situation if these katz would park during class, but no, when they aren't speeding they're making enough noise to wake the dead land I do mean deadl. Seriously, you might find that teachers aren't such bad eggs if you'l1 help them by quieting down and slowing down. HEADQUARTERS FOR SMART CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR JUNIOR HIGH FELLA'S Sponsor .. ..... Mrs. Letha Conradt mgftong gmail? I I ...goyh ana! young muh Shop... The South'Zlg1e:ughRestaurant an I op mn AND euAoALuPe ' 703 EUS' BH' SI- Phono 8-432I THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE THREE STUDENT COUNCIL HAS ELECTION OF OFFICERS The election of the student council officers was held October 28, 1953. The officers are as fol- lows: Wiley Wyman as president, Ierry Scarbough as vice-pesident, and Martha Smith as secretary. The first student council meeting of the school term met November ll, 1953, at the beginning of sec- ond period in the auditorium, Wiley Wyman, president, pre- sided. First he appointed repre- sentatives to serve on six com- mittees for the betterment of the school. These committees are: the bicycle committee, lunchroom committee, b o t tl e committee, paper committee, wall committee, and hall committee. Wiley ap- pointed a chairman for each com-I mitted and four or more represen- tatives. The chairman of these committees are: Bicycle-Wayne Fickely Lunchroom-Patsy Bigger- staffg Wall-Ina Faye Rippy, Bot- tle - Helen Langfordy Paper - Dennie Dementp Hall - Scotty Montgomery. These committees have certain duties to carry out such as seeing that all coke bot- tles are kept in the little gym, and things of that sort, depending on the committee. SPORTS Do you know the meaning for sports? Well, I bet you don't. The definition is: a general term ap- plied to both indoor and outdoor games requiring physical or men- tal skill, usually of a competitive nature. There are about seventy- five popular games of sports. Quite a wide variety I would say. A person ought to have a skill in some sport, even if it is skating or swimming. GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe Student Council officers Jerry Scarborough, vice-president, Martha Smith, secretary, and Wiley Wyman, president, compare ideas for the bet- terment of Baker. ELEMENTARY NEWS Let's look in on the elementary classes. Miss Rummel's sixth grade, is hard at work on an ele- mentary newspaper, TI-IE BAKER BANNER. They are also writing poems and short stories. Mrs. I-Iord's fifth graders are enjoying the pretty desks they have. They are studying a unit about the early settlers of America and the first thirteen colonies. The fourth graders in Miss Kavanaugh's room are writing poems. FAIR- IES AND THE MOON which was written by Iudith Cook, is a very interesting sample. Miss Reichart's fourth grade students made a book tree for the bulletin board. A student who reads a certain number gets a leaf. Each pupil continues until he has read fifteen books. Some second grade students are telling what they want Santa to bring them. Clifton Baccus just wants guns, a model T, tinker toys, and a stocking filled with whatever good things Santa has in his pack. Alfred Starewich must plan to be a cowboyy he wants cowboy boots and a hat. Better write Santa a letter, Alfred, to make sure he knows what kind. you want. Kay LaG-rone wants Santa to bring her a cowboy suit, hat, and boots, a stocking and some dolls-and guess what - three tubes of lipstick. I hope Santa remembers all that. Don't you? Who Are Our Wclllflowers? What do you boys come to a dance for-to stand around and grow tall? Well, if this is your rea- son, you do o pretty good job of it. Believe me, that's not what the girls come for. We come to have fun and dance. At the last dance I walked in the door, expecting to see the big gym crowded with people danc- ing but that wasn't the case at all. Oh! It was crowded all right, that is, the space around the wall was crowded. If you boys don't get hep with the times we'll end up with no dances at all! So at the next dance don't you boys be wallflowers. I..et's see you boys out and dance like Gayle Parr, Don Fincher. Letter to Santa Dear Santa: My name is Little Tommy and I live on Dreamland Street. I just thought I'd drop a letter so you would know just what to bring. Now Daddy wants a shirt. And tie? maybe could you bring a Mommy wants a nightgown, one with frills and little bow ties. And sister Suzie wants a dress, like And those in picture magazines. brother Bill wants a suit to wear when he takes out sweet Irene. And now it comes to me, Santa, I don't want much at all. lust a teensie-weensie puppy, one that I can call my own. I guess that's all I got to say, 'cause I got to go to bed. Please remember Little Tommy and everything that I've said. This surely is a funny worldg Its wonders never ceaseg All civilized nations are at war, All savages at peace. The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.I.C. U.S. Government Depository PAGE FOUR THE BAKER ROCKET - Peryonalitzev - Personalities for this 'month are: 8th grade, Mary Sue Schwartz, 9th grade, John Thompson, and 7th grade, Darlene Daily. On Ianuary 14, 1939, a very wonderful thing happened to Texas, Iohn Thompson, our 9th grade personality for this month, came into the world. He's that cute 5' 6 blonde with blue eyes. Nancy Dement tops his list as favorites with his others being: hobby, watching T. V.: sport, footballg song, Me Without You g singer, Slim Whitman, sub- ject, social studies, and naturally his favorite teacher is Mrs. Hart. Iohn's ambition for the future is to be a football coach and his favorite colors are green and white. lt seems that he is quite loyal to those colors for he was captain of the football team this season. He also takes an active part in the student council and the Boy Scouts. Iohn seems to have a natural born way with people and my ad- vice is to meet him real soon, if you haven't already. One gay afternoon, about thirty minutes atfer school was out, in San Saba, Texas, March 0, 1940, our 8th grade personality was born. Of course you know who this pleasant girl is. She weighs 108 lbs., is 5' 3 tall, has blond hair, and blue eyes. This de- scribes none othe than Mary Sue Schwartz. Marv Sue is in quite a list of activities. Among them are F.H.A. of which she is unit president, .a student council representative, a majorette, and she is on the Rock- et staff. Her favorite pasttime is danc- ing, while her favorite song is Ebb Tide and her favorite color, brown. You could probably find her at times at a hamburger stand eating her favorite food, which is hamburgers, of course. ' Boys, her telephone number is 5-0164, but you'll have big corn- petition since her boyfriend is Don Renner. This month we are throwing our 7th grade personality spot- light on a cute 7th grade girl. Darlene Dailey is a little brown haired, hazel eyed girl and is 5' 2 tall. Her favorite colors are pink and blue and Mr. Mclsemore is her favorite teacher. Tops on her song list is Vaya Con Dias and she has a hobby of collecting small cups and saucers. Darlene was born in Round Rock in 1941. Before coming to Baker she went to Rosedale. When asked who her boyfriend was, she replied, 1 don't have one at the present. So boys here's your chance, her phone number is 53-0720, in case you are interested. lf you see her walking around the halls, stop and talk to her. You'll be glad you did, for she's a wonderful person. New Yeor's Resolutions Iohn Thompson-not to make any more new year resolutions. Iohn Sherrill-not to play hooky any more. Carol Moore-to get a boy friend and keep him. Donnie Tew-not to talk so much. Nancy Ramm-not to be bash- ful. Sandy Hitchcock-to be 16 and never been kissed. Wayne Fickel-to break San- dy's resolution. Wiley Wyman-to be a good boy, to love everybody and to do what everybody says. Raymond Hatton-not to de- clare holidays fto avoid hours after schooll. All I Want for Christmas- Gee 'Whizl Poor Santa Claus! A lot of Bakerites are expecting just loads of presents. To most of us it is interesting to know what oth- ers are wishing for on Christmas. The question, What do you want for Christmas? was asked to several Baker students. E. C. Mowdy-will settle for a 5' tall, blue eyed and brown haired girl weighing 102 lbs. with a figure like a coke bottle. Arthur Chester we proclaimed, The A+ in Algebra that 1 should have been able to earn. fGee, 1 would be satisfied if 1 made a B Plus, wouldn't you'?l Ella Dean Franks- Me, 1 don't knew. fl bet she has a list ten feet long.l Lamarr Anderson - A girl. fM'm l wonder who.l Sarah Ioan Powell-would love to have black hair. Don Rennere-A tomato soup colored Cadillac. Delbert Moberg-is planning to play golf after Santa arrives be- cause he wants golf shoes and everything it takes to play golf. fDelbert, old man, it usually takes two people for a good game.l Richard Flores-wants his two front teeth. fBrilliant boy, isn't he.l Mr. Childers-would like very much to own er Cadillac. Craig Haydon-Not asking for much, wants a million dollars. Didn't you know Craig, that rnons ey is the root of all evil and we certainly don't want you to be- come evil. Shirley Rowland - wants the doggie in the window. Benny Miller-wants three cases of dog food, a dog chain and a dog collar. Hey Benny, have you by a chance got a dog? fcontinued on page 51 ce D H e .FUNEHAUlUl45f , B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs i Capitol Piano Co. . 1518 Guadalupe Street THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE ':r:r5r.S:5:,:j. -3.5511-fs: max' .-55:5 .2 . . - ..,.ss55:25-:r:r5v5-5'5::f,5zs:- rs: 111 f:111fe fe's:-V:1s'f 1 - - 15515-525x1515':..5:5. -2-2' 3515135 5 E2 -'5'5s5:5:5.-. -5-5-sz-::.5 5:5-5:5. 5555-25 -' 5 .- .. ..,.. V. ,..-:5.555.55.. -.v...., -. .k ... ,, --ms: ,, ..., . .,.,. 5. - ---25 ,.-535,:15,5,5,5,-5.-.-5 . . .,,5.,. - .,., Q. ..,... 5 X , .,,,,,.. , !t:5.,:.:5:5z':1:f - - 5-5.5ss,.,,. . ,.... S 5 5 .2-2 12-1-ee s5:5 55. ' ,2:5:5:5:5:5:5:zs5:5a5-, 'j5Q5551:55,515.f-5-55 -. -55:2 51555: il 5 5 5,55.555 t r . till ' Sw ' '- 5':-5535 -.5- ' ' t-E5 ' x I 'Egg Q 5 ,Sgr-:s555555r-:P -ff-3-5is5.5t.5.5.5.5.5.-5:- 5- 1 -. 1 13352 H-f-525. :ss5s5r515f5:5 ....:.::: -.55-. 5 . 5 -5 .5 5 5g55.... 5. -V 555555551gs55,551535555 , y 5:25-22 ' 5:-5.e'55. 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This statement was made by movie actor, Zachery Scott in a recent interview by Baker reporters. We all know that this great actor re- sides at 3700 Winsor Road when visiting in Austin. This house that his parents now live in is one hun- dred years old and overlooks Lake Austin. A Mr. Scott was born and reared in this city and while attending Austin High School, he played in the Red Dragons. He got his start in acting in l933 in England. Re- cently, he finished his 33rd pic- ture, Appointment in Honduras. This 6'1 actor weighs 170 pounds and says his favorite hob- bies are deep sea fishing and horseback riding. He is married to actress Ruth Ford. , The city of Austin is quite proud to have had such an interesting person and actor raised in its midst. ALI. I WANT- Qcontinued from page -ij Cecille Stagner and Harriet Palmer - will settle for a boy- friend. tAre there any eligible?l Kathy Giddens-will take Tom- my Flowers all wrapped up in red ribbon. Roger Wilkinson-Well, here it is in his own words, I want to be going steady with a girl by Christmas, so I can take her to the Christmas dance. CSmart boy.l Ioyce Berry-replied, Get your pen ready. Indeed I got my pen- cil ready and almost used almost all the lead up. lust look at this listl A radio, portable at that, a hope chest, a new formal, a jew- elry box, and oodles of clothes. Gerald H e a t h - announced, Oh, dear! I really don't know. Clothes, I guess. tSounds like some of these girls.l Victor Mokry-wants a school jacket. CI-lmmm . . . I wonder who he'll give it to?l Now do you agree with us? Santa Claus will sure be loaded this Christmas, won't he? 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'.r:5.i: 545-545,51559'4z:s':5:2:s5:f-rims. 4' is ' -ff: jr '-in 4' r5 5m3'45f5,s515fs.-Q gs - 5:5.gEi:gg:I5:' Does this person look familiar? Although you may not think so, you probably see it roaming around the halls of Baker every day. Baby face has accomplished an important place in the ninth grade. lt has pleasant features, as well as the ability to resist crying in class. It's eyes and hair match, and although it doesn't look like it in the pictures, it has teeth, too. Some of its favorites are Drag- net and Mexican food. Its hobby is collecting stamps and if hun- gry it will resort to cooking. Can you guess who it is? Turn your guess into the press box in front of the office today. Don't forget to sign your name. The name of this well-known baby Calthough quite older nowl will appear in the next issue, so guess who it is. MOE AND IOE loe: If the Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower and the midgets came over on the shrimp boats, how did the doctors get over? Moe: I don't know. loe: Blood vessels. What did one casket say to the other casket? Ans.-Is that you coffin? A boy's father asked him what he was going -to be when he got out of school. Old, he replied. -Nelta Welch PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET BOYS' P. E. NEWS Necum-volley tennis-and vol- leyball. That is what the boys' gym classes from the third grade up have been playing. Perhaps you didn't know it, but these are all names for nearly the same sport. Necum is played by the third and fourth grades, and it is like volleyball except for the fact that you catch the ball. In volley tennis, played in the fifth and sixth grades, the ball bounces once and you hit it back. And, of course, in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade volleyball the ball is hit back before it hits the floor. To start off the second semester will be track, and finally baseball at the end of the school year. i1 BASKETBALL QUIZ l. When was the game basket- ball originated? 2. The game was originated by Doug Sholls. True or False. 3. The width of a junior high court is 50 feet. True or False. 4. The basketball hoop is -- inches in diameter. 5. The ball is from 30 to 32 in- ches in circumference. True or False. - ...u E -f't PW! 805 Congress Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 40I7 Guadaupe I SANDY Do you know who Sandy is? His name is really Melburn Arnold Sanderson. He was born in Houston, Texas, on August 8, 1930, and is 23 years old. He played football and base- ball at Lamar High School in Houston for three years. He made all State fullback playing football in l948 and Lamar High School's baseball team Ithe team that Sandy was onl were the all dis- trict Champions in 1948. He now is on the University of Texas base- ball teamg he plays in the out- field and on third base. He is married and has two chil- dren, a boy and a girl. You can tell that he likes Baker a lot by reading what he told me. He said, l love my work at Baker and think it's a fine school with fine athletes and a great school spirit and pride. He thinks that Coach Hickerson is a wonderful man to be an as- sistant and a student teacher for. TUMBLING The girls in junior high have been tumbling the past six weeks. They gave an exhibition for the P. T. A. during their tumbling unit as well as for assembly. Each class chose a pyramid from their class which was presented. Girls from each class also gave individual stunts and couple stunts. Those participating in the individual and couple stunts were: Virginia Erickson, Iune Burke, Brucie Cavett, Cecille Stag- ner, Avis McFarland, Helen Her- rin, Sue King, Dee Dee Williams, Ina Faye Rippy, Virginia King, Patsy Biggerstaff, Charlotte Grif- fith, Sandy Hitchcok, Dora Flores, Ethel Kidder, Wilma Williamson, Patsy Wilder, Karen Yoho, and Montrue Hewitt. I ,,ll.-l- rough mm on Timmy Kanetz K y Nancy Dem E nt efka lerry Scar B Nancy R A Iohn Thomp S Laneta S T David Mel B er erry M A rx att dwin Yvonne P L Ann Ba L lliams chwartz Dee Dee W I Mary S. S errill nner lohnny S H Don R E Victor Mok R y Ann Cav E tt Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint' 4-I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 Loolc Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP IOI WEST Sth Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942I Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval Wepp ' 'Quai N ith gd May We Be Your Druggist 30' I V or- I o Wes, ALcAs1su TOWER DRUG D as Highway 2807PIi:: xfil1NTO THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE SEVEN HE Bw IN THE HALL Aus Holiday Schedule PAwNs, KINGS, Roolcs FELL P , Our Christmas holidays this HEAD CLUB I ' year are generous. The School MI.. Dale Mclaemore has Organ- , Board gave us two weeks for . d h 1 b . ,Bak Th I I Christmas, December l8 through me t-G C ess i530ln F7 erlw de N S. Ianuqry 4- mee ings area : in on e - K JY Then back to School We go un- nesdays. The purpose of this club 7 '45 til April 16-19, which is our Easter is to teach people who didn't l 4 holiday. ' know how, to play chess and to I- In time We get out for three teach those, who know how to F V months for the Fourth of Iuly. ggi' 512122 3120151 ggebgggne' The . - 3, n n y . ll? - If ' i 1 d ' h . ,I E BOOK WEEK ENDS yo. 335.5255 Q32Leiir.?..2df3 y A program WGS given for the afternoon and see about joining. e, 1 1 d F -d I N I The present members are: Dicky p 1 U IWRY Sregeg TSSIQEZ glgogsgthrgrgge Egg- Kemp, lesse Freeman, Earl Dean, Lamar Anderson, Richard Star- TB Christmas Seals Have you wondered just why people buy TB Christmas seals, and what the money goes tor? I think I have the answer to your question. As you know tuberculo- sis is a very terrible disease which strikes and kills many people be- tween the ages ot 15 and 35. The money received from these seals is used to buy hospital beds for many people, and finances co- operation in the tax-supported State Health Department surveys. So please buy your share of seals this year, because you can never tell when TB will strike you. Pauline's Beauty Shop 45l7 Ave. F Ph. 53-0825 R. M. I-IUGI-IES Chemicals - Laboratory Equipment Containers 24lI East Isl' lish class presented scenes from literature to emphasize Book Week. A panel ot elementary students guessed the stories from which the scenes were taken. Two sixth graders, Anson Holley and Montrue Hewitt, and two fifth graders, Tudy Voight and Ianet Burg, served on the panel. To Ann Neel, Irene Wagner, Paula Casey, and Charlotte White presented a scene from Cinderella Dennie Dement, Ianelle Cain, E. C. Mow- dy, Anna Ruth Beam, and Ioan Beard gave part of A Christmas Carol. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was presented by E. C. Mowdy, Roger Campbell, Wilson Iensen, and Timmy Kanetzky. Mar- garet McKeehan, Toy Meyers, Henry Hodges, and Clarence Pru- itt presented A Retrieved Refor- mation. Wizard ot Oz was pre- sented by Cecille Stagner, Flo Seekatz, Sue Rodgers, Betty Mid- dleton, E. C. Mowdy, and Henry Hodges. Sarah Beth Cavett from the tirst grade, Ann Cavett, and Henry Hodges gave a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Betty Voiaht was mistress of cere- monies. wich, Anthony Petrick, Dicky Bel- lotte, Leroy Eastburn, Irving Cut- ter, and Arthur Chester. Have you ever thought chess was a slow game? Sometimes it is. But a game can be won in the minimum of two moves on each side. Chess is usually thought ot as a quiet game, but the anxiety - prone Argentine Chess Champion Miguel Najdort acts as it it were physical torture. Perspiring and twitching, wring- ing his hands, frantically rumpling his hair, he leaps up from his chair after every move. But he's a chess champion! c.,,f,f.f,'. dlfiafsmnify cgfzlofz Shop Us First or Last l306 GUADALUPE BEAL CC. l N T E R l O R S For Those Who Appreciate Fine Things l708 GUADALUPE Phone 8-464i 'T SHOP IN 'OUR NEW GIFT DEPT. Brass - Ceramics - China - Novelties Aplenty Al s 0 New and Used Furniture WE TRADE ' HYDE PARK FURNITURE PHONE 5-6206 4027 GUADALU PE gzllefy-fl. is TELEPHONE 6-5l lO FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West Austin, Texas IOII Lamar Blvd. Ph. 8-8827 PAGE EIGHT THE BAKER RGCKET BAKER FALLS BEFORE TRAVIS The Baker Buckaroos wound up their season by losing to Travis 13-0. Sparked by Connor, the Reb- els took the lead in the second quarter by a 20 yard gallop by Connor and kept that lead for the rest of the game. The extra point failed and the score remained 6-0. Baker was held and had to punt and as the Rebels began play the half ended. Travis tried an offside kickoff which worked and they recover- ed the ball on the Baker forty- seven yard line. Later in the third quarter Connor Went around right end for eleven yards for the tally. On the extra point Travis was penalized back to the seven yard JUNIOR HIGH ALL- CITY TEAM CHOSEN The Iunior High All-City team was chosen and out of the 44 positions U.I.H. captured 13. They got eleven out of 22 first string positions. O. Henry and McCal- lum tide for second, each placing eleven. From our school only two were chosen. They were Wiley Wyman, first team defensive guard and Ierry Scarbrough, sec- ond team defensive tackle. Coaches who voted were Mr. lim Tolbert of U. I. H., Mr. Buddy Weise of O. Henry, Mr. Frank Rundell of McCallum, Mr. loe Harris of Allan, Mr. Dutch Schroe- der of Travis, and Mr. Doyle Hick- erson of our own school. The first team of defense and offense are as follows: Basketball Begins Basketball begins with a boom this year. The boys have been practicing ever since November 15. Those kids are basketball fiends. When they first started out they worked on drills, but have been scrimmaging for quite a while. lf you've watched them scrim- mage, you know that they are good. But go to the games and you'll really see how good they are. And remember, the more kids that support them the better they play. Answers to Basketball Quiz l. The game was originated in l89l. 2.l:'alse. lt was originated by Iames A. Naismith. 3. False. The width is 42 feet. line, but Connor still made it over L. U ?FgENSE E 4- The hoop is 18 inches in dig- for the extra point. The score Gtgon' ' ' r 'rr'i'r'Ar T mefer, stood l3-O in favor of Travis. Bak- Hamer' T' It . ' rr ir' 'rr ' G 5, True. er was on the move with about Harvey' EVE' H 'i r' C -wl- two minutes left and was stopped Dclnimlino CHQ um 'i 'r 'HUIS Off to JITQOSG Whc have not by the Travis eleven but by CT1SkS-lj, GDTY .......... , G glven our devgtloncdg the pggt the end of the game. Outstanding L00 ' O' ' r r 'r r ' T Semeslef- for Baker were limmy Kanetzky, Fufflofi' amy 'ii c r Don Fincher, Roger Wilkinson, Colm SRU' emy i 'i ' Q' ' Charles Dodson, and Bill Hamil- PSTQSSSD rA 'A- is g,.,':,h, I 0 - , m ........ . . . ton thers were Victor Mokryi WeiSSl U' In H- Vrgr urgrr 7 F-B' Mutual Savlngs Ernest McCarver, lerry Scar , , brough, and Don Benner. L, U ?EISENCE E , IHSTITU-t10I'1 1 on, . . . .................. STATISTICS , Ggrner, U. l. H. ......... ........ T Baker Travis Wyman, Baker ...... ..,, . , G For The Finesff of 98 Yds. Rushing 171 Weir, U. I. H. .............. ....... G Mageffag gfmkbfn-tShWY+h 50 Yds. Passing U Ward, O. Henry ................ T 'pe or mans 'P 1 148 Tomi Yds. Gained 171 Lum. O. Henry .............. E TRAFTON 8: SON 2 Passes Attempted O gfsiss, If ..... ......... E 3700 glt5aff,SeNTRACIfifii Texas l Passes Completed U Otton, . . . ................ . . ' l U Passes lntercepted U l. Martinez, Allan ...... . HB. 4 Fumbles 3 Reed, U. I. H. .,........... ...... H .B. B 2 Fumbles Lost 2 Bowman, McCallum ...... .. . S ' 10 First DQWHS 5 -Q-- Where All Neighbors Trade 7 Penalties 3 Daffynition: Grass-green stuff 4403 Ave. B 52 Yds. Lost O51 Punts 32 tliizit wiltshon thi lawn and grows PHONE 53-392, un s a over e gar en. .l H i , ', y There-S good eating ahead ta V VON BOECKMANN IONES C0. . rilib STATIONERS - PRINTERS -Q, M Ziffnx 700 Em Il-th Phone 2-II63. 1 M x ,ii we 1 WM Red Chain Feeds I V - - I a son Fu er, gr. 1 with Butter Krust Bread. Red Claim Feed company I 401 West 3rd St. Phone 6-2675 .....l. im..i HE B KER RCCKET The Eye and Emo' of Baker VOL. V ISSUE IV BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - IAN, '54 BABY 1954 HAS ARRIVED U.T. Student Tells About Turkey Basdug Qunger, working for his masters degree in civil engineer- ing at the University of Texas, talked to two of Miss Cole's classes in December. He is from Turkey and is attending the uni- versity for one year under the student exchange plan. The main topic of discussion during the interview was the peo- ple of his country. When asked about the apparel of the people of Turkey he said that they no longer wear the old costumes usually pictured by Americans Cexcept in some far eastern partsl. In the way of education, he stated that the people of his country and those of most European countries usually speak several languages, including English, the latter main- ly because of the American tour- ists that come to Europe. Mr. Qunger himself speaks Greek, Turkish, English, a little French, and some Arabic. tHe said that he found English to be the easiest to learn of all the language-sl. The people are also very inter- ested in politics, at home and abroad, and consider the diplo- matic relations with the United States very important. One other most interesting thing that he mentioned was that, although television has not yet reached Turkey, it has radio, up-to-date telephone systems and the cars are mostly recent American models. Mr. Ounger was very interest- ing and we hope that he enjoys his stay in America and will come back if possible. Here is Baker's own Baby 1954 wish- ing you cz very happy and successful new year! , DRAMA CLUB NEWS The Drama Club will probably be pretty busy from now until March or April. They are prepar- ing for the Interscholastic League. They will enter a one-act play, for which try-outs will be heldg also students entering declama- tion and extemporaneous speak- ing will compete. Try-outs, to fill the places of the ninth grade Drama Club mem- bers who will be leaving, will be held in the spring. There will also be a spring party at which the new officers will be inaugurated by the old ones. Interscholastic League Conference Is Upon Us Spring is now approaching and the school's fancy turns to Inter- scholastics and who from their school will take high honors. It is hoped that everyone who will go will come back with honors. This year there will be tryouts for spelling, writing, journalism writing, copy reading, declama- tion, extemporaneous speaking, and the one-act play. We hope there will be many people trying out for the meet and may the best man Win. The stork has arrived and brought us Baby '54, and we now have disposed of Gramps '53, The kids from B.I.l-I. have come back to school with oodles of res- olutions to break. Seems our Mr. Pine has informed his algebra class of theirs. Let's hope Baby '54 peps up Delbert Moberg, David Melber, Sam Olguin, Don Benner and Roger Wilkinson and also the other basketball players to win all our games. May we all have tons of luck and happiness this year and the next. GIVE A LISTEN Bakerites have a nice schedule of dances in store for them. First the F.H.A. is sponsoring a Formal Valentine Dance on February 12. During Friendship Week we will have a dance at which our guests will be McCallum Iunior High students. This will take place in April. We get party wise again in May with a get together. Then we wind up the year's activities at the big End of School Dance. So, dust off your dancing shoes and get ready. Credit Where .Credit Is Due Credit is given to people for many different things. I think a lot of it should be given to the people who have made possible assemblies this past year. It takes a lot of hard work to put on an assembly and if you don't believe this just ask someone who has helped to put one on. Also, if you have an idea for a good assembly you might talk to one of your teachers to see what can be done about it. I imagine everyone has enjoyed all the past assemblies and are probably looking forward to more in the future. PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET LOST and FOUND Probably there is not a person in the world who, at one time or another, has not lost something. Perhaps it was something mate- rial which you valued highly, maybe you found it again, maybe you didn't. Then perhaps this thing you lost was something in- tangible, your faith and trust in someone, a relative, a friend, per- haps God. , Often a lost trust or faith in someone is because of the other person, but many times it is you. You lose your trust because of a trivial matter. Then it is up to you to find that trust again. They say that everything that goes up must come downg like- wise everything that is lost may be found. Remember this when you lose faith, a friend, or any- thing else. Remember and be grateful that something lost is not necessarily gone forever. B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. l5l8 Guadalupe Street 1 ,ii my 0, e f- -2 'F'- xx' 1 oprot-l 1 if ll' 'K ' t T 0 A , Ek t R TJ 9 3 is ' T A oo wow THINK 'Mtv What Has Happened to Our New Years Resolutions? New Years Resolutions are made to break. This saying is what many of us go by concern- ing Resolutions. ln fact, too many of us make these promises just to say that they are made and at the first opportunity we break them. The origin of New Years Resolu- tions probably started even be- fore the present day calendar came to be. People wanted to try and live better lives in the years to come. Usually they stuck to their promises. It is human nature for us to think about the coming year to be the best, instead of being thankful for the past. Be thankful for the past and yet plan the future. No one should live in the past or in the future. You should al- ways live this very moment as if it is the best moment of your lives. ,lt can be your most mem- orable moment if you keep your Resolutions. Of course you should make resolutions that will better the world and influence those around you. ty 14 QL Qu 1,143 u M ff: 3 SIXTH GRADERS AT WORK Standing from left to right are Esther McKeehan and Elaine Stubbs with their puppets. The sixth graders of Baker School have been very busy these last few weeks. First they went to camp and had a wonderful time. Miss Rummel's 6-2 class returned to begin work with Mrs. Bach, an art practice teacher, on pup-. pets. Two of the finished puppets are pictured above. They were made by Elaine Stubbs, whose puppet represents a girl reporter and Esther Mclieehan whose pup- pet represents a naughty boy. They are also writing plays. They are hoping to produce them sometime in the future. Miss Gough's sixth graders have been working with their practice teacher, Mrs. Cahill, for the last few weeks. Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief .......... Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ........ lerry Scarborough Business Mgr ........... Arthur Chester News Editor ..........,. Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor .......... Martha Smith Copy Reader .......... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters - Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, lrving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean' Franks, Barbara Grice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, Elizabeth Schwab, Marg' Lavfanda Thurman, F1 c cf e 3 l i it s c iii Dee Dee .1 . tx ix . 5-. ,.,.,.. Q '. . r--se,r---..,. THE BAKER ROCKET 1.7 --W b Y PAGE THREE STUDENT DIRECTORIES GOING ON SALE Will you join the crowd oi kids buy- ing student directories? The ones shown are KL. to RJ Ierry Scarborough. I. T. Pruett, Charles Inscore, Clysta Stone. Dot Hall. Betty Lewis and Priscilla Schworthy and seated is Wiley Wyman. You will probably be glad to hear that the Iournalism class will be publishing a student directory. Won't it be wonderful to have a directory of all the students and you won't have to look at all the names in the city directory? KNOW it will be easier for you boysll Nancy Ramm is in charge ot get- ting the information for the direc- tories and Wiley Wyman is in charge of the sale. They will try to have them on sale by Febru- ary. We would appreciate it if you would all get behind Nancy and Wiley in making the sale of the directories successful. 42Off.y'. Jlflafsfuziiy gfiop Shop Us First or Last I306 GUADALUPE WHAT HAPPENED? Well I guess all of you were pretty busy over the holidays, or were you? I guess Santa came to every house on his GOOD list Were you on THAT list? We hope so. Did all of you beat the alarm clock Friday morning, after Thurs- day night? CNew Years Eve Nightl But by the looks of things on Con- gress Avenue and the sound that was heard all over Austin at l2:UO straight up, l am quite sure that you didn't. Have you all lived up to your New Years Resolutions so far? lf you have, you've beaten me. I am sure that all of the stu- dents had a wonderful time over the holidays, here are a few examples: Bertha Ingram: Spent all of her time talking on the phone, Ctalk- ing to Raymond as we might all know? Ann Ruth Beam: Went all the way to San Saba all by herself on the great big, big bus. Helen Hausman: Spent Christ- mas Day in the hospital. Poor girl. Ioan Beard: OOH! How excit- ing! She and a girl friend got the car all to themselves and drove all over Granger. UMM! Wonder who they met. Sherry Bailey: HUM! Met the most charming boy. Charles Arnold: At ll:59 New Years Eve was so sleepy that he popped only one tinsy winsy fire- cracker and then tumbled into bed. Wilson Ienson: Well, we couldn't get the truth. l wonder? F.H.A. SWEETHEART TO BE ANNOUNCED The F.H.A. Sweetheart Dance will be held February 12, 1954. The sweetheart of the dance will be crowned that night and until then no one knows who it is. Each class voted, and chose five from each class to represent them in the contest. F.H.A. 'nem- bers then voted for ten girls out of the twenty candidates. The nominee with the most votes will be crowned sweetheart. The top ten nominees are Pat Foreman, Nancy Dement, Mary Nell Gree- son, Barbara Grice, Sandy Hitch- cock, Ianice Kuhn, Carol Moore, Mary Sue Schwartz, Claryce Smith and Martha Smith. Good luck, gals!! One of you is the F.H.A. sweetheart!! Baker Students' Wec. ving Make Up Exhibit Ieepers! This weaving sure is good. Of course, we're talking about the weaving exhibit that began around Ianuary llth in the Bickler Building! Did you know that all of the weaving was done by some of our own art students? Which, we can certainly be proud of. Weaving seems to be one of the main projects for this six weeks with the 7th grade art stu- dents as well as drawing winter fun pictures. The 8th graders are working and glazing clay, while the 9th graders are glazing their clay which they made last six weeks. They are also working on Water color pictures. My! May- be when we are all grown, we may find some old Bakerite as a famous artist or painter in our midst. What do you think? The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin EUUH .,..,fUNEBllHUUE-..- enocsnv- MARKET The Hitchin Post Member F.D.I.C. Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West 3035 Guadalupe U.S. Government Depository Austin, Texas I0ll Lamar Blvd. Ph. 8-8827 PAGE FOUR -171 --'Tv ,, THE BAKER ROCKET - Perronozlitzbr - Personalities for this month are: 7th grade, Glen Noble: 8th grade, Charles Dodson: and 9th grade. Nancy Dement. Sugar, spice, and everything nice, describes our 9th grade personality perfectly this month. To let you know a little more about her . . . she is 5 feet tall, weighs 108 pounds, has brown hair, and brown eyes. Her hobby is being with her steady, lohn Thompson. Among her favorites are, color-green, song- Ebb Tide, food - Mexican, and teacher - Mr. McLemore. lust a few more clues before we tell you who she is. She is a cheerleader, an officer in F.H.A. and is in the mixed chorus. lf you haven't guessed who she is, she is none other than Nancy Dement. Where there's smoke, there's fire and where there are girls, there's Charles Dodson. Charles was born in Austin, is thirteen, and has attended Baker all his eight years of schooling. He has red hair, brown eyes, weighs 133 pounds, and is 5 feet 7 inches tall. Among his favorites are girls, dancing, blue and gray, P.E., foot- ball, and Mr. Hickerson. Charles also likes both hillbilly and popu- lar music. He has four sisters and as of now has no amibition. lf you don't know Charles, make it a point to meet him, You'll like him! Sigh Drool Yum -These are some of the sounds coming from the mouths of the girls of B.l.H. when a certain young man of the seventh grade passes by. ln case you are wondering who this is, he's Glen Noble. lust so you'll recognize him, he has blue eyes and blond hair, his birth- day is on November 27th and he's i3 years old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall. As far as favorites are con- cerned, his are: teacher-Mr. Mc- Lemorep subject-gyrnp food-veni- song colors-green, red and blueg song- That's Amore , and hobby- stamp collecting. He likes to dance, and when asked what he thought of Baker, he replied, lt's a pretty good school. lf you haven't met Glen yet, l'cl advise you to as soon as you can, it's a real pleasure! Letters To The Editor Dear Editor, Where is the gossip column? l enjoyed it last year very much. A Fellow Bakerite Dear Student, ln publishing a paper you have to set a goal as you do in any- thing else. The goal we have set is for a better paper. We feel that gossip, besides hurting peoples feelings, will lessen the popular- ity of the paper, and that could well mean the end of the Rocket. The Editor Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942l Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval May We Be Your Druggist TOWER DRUG 2807 SAN JACINTO Phone 8-4644 SMILE AWHILE Wasn't it cute? Well geepers! Ain't it still just a doll? This cute thing is a bit larger now that it is 1954, but it hasn't grown much. This picture was taken about l94O. Look at those sweet eyes! Aren't its feet just the tiniest things? We might add that it has quite a few more teeth now. This baby is wondering the halls of Baker and surely you've met up with this little thing. lt has two of the cutest dimples and blond hair. Swimming hits high on its list during the summer. Iust for an- other hint, here are some names that different Bakerites call our baby: The daring one g The little devil p little breeches g and cutie Some hints! Perhaps you think you know who our baby is for the month. lf so, write down your guess along with your name and put it into the Press Box. By the way, last month's Baby Personality was lohnny Sherrill. Marilyn Henderson and Barbara Williamson were the only ones to guess right. Better late than never, but bet- ter never late. 6-illefyn 3 TELEPHONE 6-SI I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392i Loolc Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP l0I WEST 5th T.H.E BAKER ROCKET yy PA6Eg.FIYE BASKETBALL BOYS BAT BASKETS Away goes Baker into the bas- ketball season again. Twenty boys Went out for bas- ketball, and fourteen made it. First-stringers are Delbert Mo- berg, Don Benner, David Melloer, Roger Wilkinson, and Sam Ol- guin. Other players are Victor Mokry, Ierry Marx, Iimmy Kanet- zky, Don Fincher, Clarence Pruitt, W. E. Taylor, Ierrel Archie, Frankie Bloomquist, and Al Shaf- fer. The team has lots of hustle but not much heighty what little there is being in Wilkinson, Ren- ner, and Olguin. 1954 Baker Basketball Schedule First Round Ian. 7-Baker at O. Henry 0. Henry Quintet Stops Baker The O. Henry basketball squad came from behind to beat the Baker Bucks 30-27. Baker started off with a boom and at the end of the first quarter they led lU-8. During the second period things settled down as both teams were hitting Well. At the half time the Baker five led l8-l5. The third period was in the hands of the Mustangs as they put six points through the hoop to Baker's three. The fourth and final quarter was close all the way, but O. Henry took advantage of some breaks and took a 30 to 27 lead. They started a freeze as the Whistle sounded. SCORING Points . . 9 Wilkinson ...........,...... ....,,., Melber ,.i.,,, ..,,.,,, GIRLS' SPORTS The girls gym classes have just finished a unit in tumbling and are now starting to play soccer. lt sometimes gets pretty cold 'out on that field but the girls go right ahead playing. lt also happens sometimes that Miss Thigpen plays on the side that is losing. Don't Worry, they lose some- times, too. SPRING TRAINING K Spring training at McCallum and probably at the other High Schools Will start about the rnid- dle of February, so all you boys who might Want 'to try out for the football team nextryear should be thinking about it. ' History of Basketball . Complete Beauty Service -ul T. ff with Butter Krust Bread! 3 fThufS-7 I Olguln .......... ,.,,.... 2 The modern game of Basketball l?lSg2-U'l-H- ef Baker Moberg .......,...............,..,.....,. 8 was invented in l89l by Iames EI?-D 15-Baker at Mccguum A Benner ........................,........... 5 lgvlglrlsrigitlhegxrg Acggoctilie Tl- A . . ' . ' U 19-3 k F tion College in Spr1ngf1eld,,Mass. fgwflesj G er Open A1'S?le?KETBAu' LINEUI5 5 He wanted to develop an indoor Ian, 21-School for Deaf at Baker G er ---'-'---- - '-'-'-- '--' O' sport for the winter months when CThur.t Df31bertMOberg A ' NO-10 football, soccer, and other out- lCiI'1. 28-BC1lCGI' Gi Allflfl ggcriolggglggy -'-'- Ig 2' door games could not be played. Irhuo ---H----e ---'--eeA - - hb 14 II 'tht' Feb? 2-Travis at Baker Ierry Marx .............. ......... N o. 13 3215122139 Cggriigsiuglsvfheli hi? Guest ' Roger Wilkinson ---- - ------ N Q14 physical education classes were SGCOIICI ROl1I'1d ' Frank Blggmquigt .----,--,.,----, NQ15 held Then he divided his Class Feb. Henry at BCilC91 D011 Fincher -,-A---'..-'-- ----,,--, N O. into 'two Sections or fecms and gftfh-Baker at U51-1, gfm Olgulgn 1 '4 ' ' N O' Q7 started a contest' between itheni'-f fTueS', B D Gini? ugultf ------ -------- N O' 13 The object of the game was te See, Feb, ll-Mccqlluim C1tBqker ISV1 Ke irk -'----'----' --------- ISI O' 20 which side could toss a soccer gl'hgr.J16 B k TGC-iggrz Y 's 4-s--'- N 2' 21 ball 'into the peach basket most 9 - -- C1 GF-013911 ' ' o '4 ' ' ' often. CT .P ' Feld? l8-Baker at School for Deaf gl M,,, 5 if - CTh .n I , I, - Febll 23-Allan at Baker ll! Varslliy Drug ' KTUSS-9 , ll y l I.. v. BLOMQUIST Feb. 25TBGkeI' at TFUVIS W gt ACI-Q55 from Greggry Gym fThuf'l III E +2I I -ll? 805 Congress as 5 SALES SERVICE ' Maytag There'se good eating ahead . N., Peterson Applicance Center 3915 GUADALUPE ST. .W Quin! if Iaus. PI-I. s-vom nes. PH. s-Ioaa PHONE 55-3221 GM fnfgwhf I-I .I P If Ia I Sh e im-'ff , y e ar eal-I Y OP fIIf2.'n'j?',Q 1 1 QLIN J .. , 12. -1l41ie,9'w-Q11 41 .sg-e,,.LA--rE 1-Lf,LfI.X, TLZXIKS PAGE SIX TH KE ET HOMEMAKING Have you often wondered how Mrs. Harville grades her home- making students? First of all they discuss what they are going to do and they make preparation for the activity. She grades them on the way they cooperate and the honest effort they put out in doing it. Then they set up stand- ads on how the finished product should turn out. After they have finished the project they discuss whether it was a success or a flop, lf it flopped they try to find out why. Mrs. Harville said she does not grade off if the finished product was a flop. When the class needs groceries, first of all they make out a gro- cery list and then each group sends one student to the store for the groceries. The Fl-l.A. girls in Baker are having a supper and style show this month. The ninth grade will serve and the eighth grade will model the clothes they have made. lf you were at the Christmas formal you were probably blinded by a bright light. lf you were, and you looked really close you prob- ably saw Mrs. l-larville behind the bright lights holding a camera taking pictures of some of the students dancing and walking toward her. Some of the pictures that were taken of the dance have been on display on the bulletin board in front of the office. Mrs. I-larville has also been showing the movie that she took at the dance to her homemaking classes and Mrs. Baker's 4th period 9th grade social studies class has seen it, too. E BA R Rock BAND I, II, III Directing the Baker Concert Band is Mr. Clinton A. Mathews. Mr. Mathews is a wonderful bandleader and knows what he is doing. Band lll under the direc- tion of Mr. Mathews is practicing every day for a concert for par- ents in February. They have elected officers which are as fol- lows: President-Ann Baldwing Vice- President-Arthur Chesterg Secre- tary-Roger Wilkinsong and Ser- geant of Arms-Wiley Wyman. The band has done its best for the school. We are very proud of our band and bandleader. NO. I NO. 2 4025 GUADALUPE 405V2 EAST 48TH PHONE 53-3220 PHONE 53-40I7 RAILSBACK-Flowers Flowers For A11 Occasions WIRED-PHONED-DELIVERED ANYWHERE Charles-Minnie Railsback Night Ph. 5-580l MATH Mr. Pine's ninth grades are studying units on business prob- lems and income taxes. The algebra class is learning to multiply and divide sign num- bers. The eighth grade is studying graphs and introduction to geo- metry. Mrs. Walden's seventh grade has been studying decimals and are beginning percents. The Math Club that was sup- posed to be organized will be started around the beginning of the second term. There will be a number contest put on by the lnterscholastic League. There will probably be one student from the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades to compete. TYPEWRITING NEWS ln Miss Acklin's typing classes the students are progressing in typewriting. ln the speed drills they have had Georgia Folsing is the fastest on the five minute speed drill with 61 words per minute. Carolyn Crider is the fast- est on the one minute speed drill with 63 words per minute. ln the 8th grade Barbara Booker has the most points. Craig Haydon has the most points in the 9th grade. Compliments of l HOME STEAM LAUNDRY l4'Ih and Red River Phone 8-2586 Hyde Parlc Barber Shop Deluxe Shine at 4021 Guadalupe Dlfepp r' GDR! Svnilln The Soutl1's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop Ibth AND GUADALUPE Phono 8-432I Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 4OI7 Guaclaupe Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Pain-I' 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 it 30' ,f,,,,,,..,,.iw,,,,,,-' Norm me Paulinslils Beauty WM, CALCASIEU 4 W 511 5 Da as Highway Pl- 53-5355 THE BAKER ROCKET VOL. V ISSUE V BAKER IUNIOR I-HGH SCHOOL FEB. '54 SCHOOLS MARK 100th BIRTHDAY F.H.A. AIMS HIGH FOR BETTER LIVING What is the F. H. A.? Pupils who study homemaking in junior and senior high school have the privilege to be in the Future Homemakers of America. This is a National Organization. The purposes of the F.H.A. is: l. To promote a growing ap- preciation of the joys and satisfac- tion of homemaking. 2. To emphasize the importance of worthy home membership. 3. To encourage democracy in home and community life. 4. To work for good home and family life for all. 5. To promote international good will. 6. To foster the development of creative leadership in home and community life. 7. To provide wholesome in- dividual and group recreation. 8. To further interest in home economics. The F.H.A. works on degrees just like the F.F.A. lt has four degrees. The first degree is junior, second is Chapter, third is State, fourth is National. Girls that are working on their junior Degree are as follows: Bar- bara Brill, Paula Casey, Margaret Mclieehan, Sue Rodgers, Flo See- katz, Nancy Kelly and Pat Tumey. PRIMARY NEWS Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you will be seen many times in the first, second, and third grades. In these grades there is going to be a big valentine box and maybe a party in each room. They aren't forgetting to study the famous peoples' birthdays, such as George Washington, and Abraham Lin- coln. l'd say they are going to have quite a time in the month of February. Looking for cu Valentine? Wiley Baker found his in the person of Kay La Grone. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY lt's really hard to say exactly why we send valentines and tokens of affection on the day, which is the anniversary of good Bishop Valentine's death. There is certainly nothing in the saintly Bishop's life that could account for such a custom. We're sure that his death has nothing to do with Valentine Day, except that it occurred about the fourteenth of February. The most probable explanation of this holiday is that it is a sur- vival of an old Roman festival cal- led Lupercalia. lt is not a very serious day, but so many pretty customs have come to be associa- ted with it that we all enjoy the day, no matter what its origin, and we're sure no one ever grows too old to like a valentine. NEW SCHOOL OPENS February lst a new elemen- tary school was opened. This school is called Margaret Riley. Dr. D. Richard Bowles is super- visor. Sixty students in the area of North of 47th and East of Lamar attend this school. Sunday, january 31, 1954 is the official day making the 100th an- niversary of the bill authorizing free public education. The week of March l-6 is public school week in Texas. Austin schools have set aside this week for their own centennial celebration. During the week they hope to have pub- lic exhibits of the schools work in store windows. March 5, a school holiday, will start with a parade. All junior highs, including Baker, and the high schools will have bands marching in it. The parade will consist of marching bands and floats from various schools. Dif- ferent school clubs can have floats. The floats will represent things done in class rooms. The four high schools, McCallum, Aus- tin, Anderson, and Travis will have pageants on the night ot March 5th. The pageants will show progress and history of Texas schools. Exhibits will be opened in the cafeterias of the four high schools at 2:00 P.M. Friday afternoon. MID-TERMS LEAVE THEIR MARK Gee, l'm so sorry. Who was it? Shall l send flowers? No, no one died: there isn't any funeral. lt's just the results of those mid- term exams. Those things are enough to drive you batty. The sad, lost, hopeless look on the faces of the kids who failed is simply terrible. And on top of the exams comes report cards. But even as dumb as the mid- terms make you feel, the fact re- mains that the hardest part is still ahead of you, the FINALS. Relax, but just for a minute, and catch your breath-then start preparing yourself for the last chance. Only three months till then. Gee whiz, our troubles never seem to end! PAGE! TWO THE BAK-ER ROCKET YEARBOOK TIME lts getting close to that time. What time? Time for the year- books of course. The journalism class is now making preparations for publishing the yearbooks. The yearbook will consist of pictures upon pictures, together with the copies of the school paper bound. The ninth grade will have to supply their own individual pic- tures. The staff requests that you save one of your school pictures for that purpose. LasT IN LINE.. I-MAIV WX' Il. ' IQ .wo O4 'tim O1 bQ P ' 22 I Ll-4 ,..-M I' . I for lb V is . J T fn 53 B vhs gif 'Z 8 . bf? fat . rg . tl I iz? Q I 7X It I X fi 1 Rocket Stuff Editor-in-chief .......... Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ......., jerry Scarborough Business Mgr .......... Arthur Chester News Editor ,.,,..,,.... Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor .......... Martha Smith Copy Reader ...,...... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters - Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, Irving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean Franks, Barbara G-rice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, Elizabeth Schwab, Mary Schwartz, Lawanda Thurman, Roger Wilkinson, Dee Dee Williams. IN A NUTSHELL Are you in a nutshell? Have you ever asked yourself this ques- tion? First of all, let's see what this question means. This nutshell might mean that you are so busy doing things for yourself that you are too busy to worry about anybody else. You are so worried about yourself that you do not venture out any far- ther into life than you have to. You might say living in a nut- shell is that you and a group of your friends don't venture out into the world. You and your friends confine yourselves and don't as- sociate with anybody else. You can get a lot more ideas from the world if you will only go out and find them by talking to new friends and acquaintances. We could interpret, Are you in a nutshell? by your skin asking is a hard nutshell, and not letting anything penetrate it. You should let your skin absorb new ideas so you will have a broad knowl- edge of everything that is going on about you in the vast world about us. lf you are like one of the examples that have been men- tioned above, try to come out of your nutshell and get with the crowd. 1 Tell Your Parents To Join The P.T.A. Do your parents attend the P.T.A. meetings? Notices are sent out the second Tuesday of every month to inform your parents of the meetings that evening. The cost of joining is just fifty cents a member. lf your parents have not been attending the meetings, get them to do so. All parents should belong to the P.T.A. THINGS THAT ARE WORTH DOING ARE WORTH DOING RIGHT Things that are worth doing are worth doing right! Surely you have heard these words repeated over and over to you by your parents. l-lere's your chance to turn the tables. Do your parents pay their poll tax? lt wasn't too many years ago that the United States fought long hard fight to gain their independence. One of the reasons they wanted their in- dependence is because they wan- ted the right to vote. Now that we have it, some people just shrug and say, Let somebody else do it. lf we all had that outlook it wouldn't be two years until the communists and various capital- istic minorities would have our country right in their hands. People in many countries do not have the privilege of voting. So if earning the right to vote was worth doing, let's all show our folks that we do take an interest in the Democratic way and ask them if they have paid their poll tax and are planning to vote. Let's do it right! Do You Appreciate Eur Country? This may seem a rather odd question but think about it for a minute. Most people go to public school, watch television, or go to see a movie without thinking how lucky we are to have them. For a poor family in Korea, ice cream would seem a great delicacy, but here we take it for granted. For a poor child in lndia, a free school would seem like a dream, but in America we actually pretend to hate it. GIRLS . . . BUTTREY'S ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE EXCITING FIGURE- FLATTERING TEENA PAGE DRESSES. Looking Forward To See You TEEN SHOP 3rdF1oor F. THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE THREE F.H.A. SWEETHEART This is our sweetheart! This girl represents the Future Home- makers of America and we're proud of her! No one will ever know how happy our sweetheart was at the Valentine Dance, so congratula- tions! Some of the couples seen at the dance were: Roger Wilkinson and Charlotte Currier, Nancy Dement and john Thompson, Barbara Grice and Delbert Moberg, Wayne Fickel and Yvonne Platt, and jerry Scarborough and Peggy Parish. The other couples were too numerous to name. Don't you agree that the gym was beautiful? That red and white crepe paper really did something for it. SALES SERVICE Maytag Peterson Appliance Center 5915 GUADALUPE ST. t THE ELEMENTARY NEWS The little kids ot our school seem to be busy along with us junior high students. Here is a re- port on two of the classes. Mrs. Mason's fifth graders are in the process of studying colonial lite of early America. They are having several movies on the sub- ject and are making exhibits of the colonial days. Some ot the class are building miniature forts to make the study even more rea- listic. Another fifth grade class mak- ing news is Mrs. Hord's. One can say that they are truly playing in the dirt because they have taken up the study of conserva- tion. This includes the soil, mineral, plants, and the animals that live under the earth. The stu- dents are enjoying the movies shown on conservation. Most of the class are making models ot farms showing the crops. lt seems like it would be very interesting work. And now We leave Kiddie Land Studies until the next issue. -..--ii-...i THEATER TALK Knights of the Round Table- student council. Lovely to Look At-Barbara Grice. Second Chance-Charlotte Cur- rier and Roger Wilkinson. Tough Assignment-journalism Class. Mr. Scoutmaster-Don Renner. Devil's Canyon--Baker halls. Walking My Baby Back Home -Mary G-rice and Sam Olquin. So Big-Warren Routen. The World in His Arms-Mr. Pine. Too Young To Kiss--jimmy Fin- UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE Texas-without crazy weather. Darlene Daily--being untidy. Deanie Wagner-without chew- ing gum. 4th period lunch-quiet. DeeDee Williams-to make be- low 90 on a math test. Walter Wyman-not to buy a Baker button every time they are sold. Mary Grice-to be without a pretty smile on her face. Baker girls-without nicknames. Roger Wilkinson-without that blonde hair. Algebra-easy. -T. THESE ALGEBRA STUDENTS Algebra is usually a subject which people consider very hard. Some people think that it they walked past an algebra class it would be very quiet because everybody would be studying. It is a very different story when you go past our algebra class. Usually you can hear Roger Wilkinson popping oft to Mr. Pine, and then Carol Wyckoff will have something to say. No wonder Mr. Pine is getting gray hair so young. Meanwhile, Arthur Chester is playing chess while everyone else is trying to work. When everyone is beginning to settle down, jerry Scarbrough walks in causing a ruckus. When Mr. Pine gets on the war-path, Wayne Pickle heads for the door. HAMILTON ELECTRIC WORKS i306 Red River 'Delco Motor Distributors Dayton Belts Distributors Motor Rebuilding and Repair BUS. PH. 5-90.0 RES. PH' 5.1038 ger. Carbozite Proieciive coating Distributors at f 3 ' A A ' rELePi-llcirllanesi io The N , FEMININE FAS!-iioNs CAPITAL 2904 euaaaiupe Austin, rms NATIONAL GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe Compliments of HOME STEAM LAUNDRY l4th and Red River Phone 8-2586 BANK in Austin Member F.D.l.C. U.S. Government Depository PAGE FOUR THE BAKER ROCKET - Perronalitzler - Flash! Bill's smile helps him to be voted ninth grade personality! Boys aren't usually famous for their smiles, but in this case it's different. Bill Young sure does have a darling one. His years on this earth amount to fifteen. Here is some more of the junk fstatis- ticsl gathered off of him. He weighs all of l36 pounds and has a height of 5' '7 to really make him a handsome physique. Bill's wig thairl is brown and his eyes match. y Bill is a gymnastic creature be- cause his favorite subject is gym and he likes Mr. Hickerson along with it. Debbie Renolds and Ed- die Fisher rate first on Bill's star list. Mexican food tastes delicious to him and his favorite pastime is playing almost any kind of ball. The numbers hanging on his house say 52l3, and the house is on Avenue G. Here's his phone number-for you boys only, it's 5-7979. ,.,,.i..1..-L1- Hi ya, Red! Red, who's that? Oh, don't you know that's our 8th grade personality this month, Charlotte Cliedl Currier. Charlotte, having blondish red hair Kfrom which she got her nicknamel, is 5' 3 and weighs l05 pounds. She loves the colors pink and blue and also loves dancing and Star- dust. Charlotte was born on April 2, l3 years ago and another of her main interests is Roger Wil- coffi '. dlflatsmiiyl' cgffofz Shop Us First or Last l306 GUADALUPE j This month's personalities ore: 9th grade, Bill Youngp 8lh grade, Charlotte Currier, and 7th grade, Marjorie Mclnfyre. kinson. She takes part in many activities such as maj orette, F.H.A. reporter, and a number of mem- ber of the journalism class. l'rn sure most of you know her, but if you don't, make it a point to meet her. Our 7th grade personality spot- light is on Marjorie Mclntyre, who could easily be called a sports personality. ln Marjorie's lists of favorites, she gives baseball first place, with skating coming in as a second. Marjorie says her fav- orite position is third base, which we are sure she plays very well. She thinks baseball is a good thing because it teaches you co- operation as well as to hold your temper. Some of her other favorites are Mexican food, music, and Mr. Sayers. She has her eye on no particular boy at the present, but l'm sure she'll change her mind in the near future, so give her time, boys. AIR WAVES THRU BAKER Video Theater-Drama Club Presentation. Mother's Delight-a note from the teacher. Dragnet--caught at the Some- where stand. Range Rider-l-lomemaking girl. Fashion Close-Up-Mr. leffrey's vest. Commercial-selling Baker but- tons. Comedy Hour-Algebra ll class. These Things Remain--F on a test. lt Seems Like Yesterday--the good old summer time. Zoo Parade-the halls between classes. This ls Your Life-excuse for playing hooky. .l.. . i.l..i- Physics, What's That? A young student, to whom a teacher was trying to explain phy- sics, didn't seem to understand the concept of weight at all. The teacher became very disgusted when he was trying to explain that a pound of feathers was exactly as heavy as a pound of lead. The teacher finally gave up when the student said, You stand down in the schoolyard and l'll drop a pound of feathers from the second floor on your head. Then l'll drop a pound of lead. After that if you say they weigh the same l'll believe you. These are just some of the things that make teachers gray. Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 40I7 Guadaupe AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392I Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE - SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint 4l2l Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 ru.NEnAL,.H.0ME.H 'WW' 'WW' f'W5 North side 30' CALCASIEU I Dallas Highway The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West 670 w95'l' 2nd I Aw, gm :np , Austln, Texas l0lI Lamar Blvd. Ph. 8-8827 THE BAKER. ROCKET PAGE FIVE U.J.H. SLIPS PAST, BAKER The fine ball handling and the good shooting of Will Knox and Bobby Garner helped pace the Eagles to victory. The stubborn and spirited Buckaroos kept iight- ing and almost had the game tied up in the last couple of min- utes. But Knox and Garner put to- gether four field goals and two free throws for ten points and to defeat Baker 34-31. Roger Wilkin- son and David Melber were high- point men for Baker with eight points each to tie for second high with Garner. Baker held a 10 - 7 first quarter lead but at half-time U.l.H. led 17-14. From there they kept their lead until the final gun sounded, but Baker stayed right in there and pitched as they cut the lead from 6 points in the third quarter to 3 in the last quarter. The score was not the whole story of the game. Baker was handling the ball well and exhibiting team- work. The breaks just didn't come at the right time and U.I.l-1. nudged the Baker tive 34-31. Final Statistics Baker ,....,.,,... 10 4 7 10-31 U.l.H. .......,.... 7 10 10 7-34 Scoring: Baker--Wilkinson 8, Melber 8, Moberg 7, Olguin 6, Renner 5. U.l.H.-Knox 12, Garner 8, Fair- child 7, Gattis 4, Alford 2. 5361515 1 f t -I ' , 5 ,... Ili fi till 1 3 - . 2. hlz wedf 805 Congress BOYS' P.E. ln the first week of February, Coach 1-lickerson started the P.E. classes playing soccer and speed- ball by showing them a film. Then they learned the rules. The dif- ference between soccer and speedball are: in soccer you have to kick the ball all the time, but in speedball you can, if somebody kicks the ball into the air, catch it and throw it until it hits the ground. ln the fourth week of February, Coach will start track. The third and fourth grades are now competing in some unusual relays. ml...-.i-l GIRLS' P.E. ACTIVITIES Let's do the Bunny Hop! No, 1 want to do the All American Pro- manade. lf you should happen to be walking by the little gym dur- ing a girl's gym class, you may hear those sounds coming from in- side. The reason is because the girls have started a unit on danc- ing. Besides doing some social dancing, Miss Thigpen has been teaching round dances and other kinds. At the end of class nearly everyone is worn out. i.L....i........-.- STANDING Won Lost U. I. H. ,..................... 5 0 McCallum ...... ....... 4 1 O. Henry ........ ....... 4 1 Travis .........l ....... 2 3 Allan ,....... ....... 2 3 Baker ........................ l 4 T. S. D ....................... U 5 .i.....l.....i.-l- Pa: What is black and white and red all over? Ma: A newspaper. Pa: No! An embarrassed zebra. GOLDEN GLOVES The Golden Gloves is the start- ing place for most boxers. The Golden Gloves helps take care of a boy's time and keeps him from becoming a juvenile delinquent. lt teaches a boy independence. When you are in the ring all by yourself, there is no one to turn to. You have to depend on your- self for all support. Have you wondered what the winners of the Golden Gloves get? The winners of the Novice and High School Class Divisions and all the runners-up will be given trophies. The boys that win in the open class will be given trophies, boxing trunks and robes. They will also have their expenses paid on a trip to Fort Worth to enter in the state finals. The minimum age limit is six- teen years. SCOTTIES NIP BUCKAROOS Lester Kitchens and Mike Milam paced McCallum to a 26-25 vic- tory in two overtime periods. Baker started out well and had a good lead over the Scots at half- time. McCallum began hitting from the field and making most of their layup shots throughout the second half. Baker and the Scotties both struggled throughout two over- time periods scoring one field goal each. Then Sammy Bowman was fouled and hit his second free shot to clinch the game for McCallum 26-25. lfepp ' BASKETBALL SHOE SPECIAL White Shoe with Double Lining, Cushion Insole and Arch Support May We Be Your Druggist TOVVER DRUG zaov SAN JAclNro S4-95 pr- Phone 8-4644 Other Tennish Shoes ......... ..........,....... S I.98, 52.95 and 53.95 pr. GYM SHORTS ........................................................................ 51.00 Pl'- Leolc Your Best For School Days AUSTIN ARMY 8: NAVY STORE SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP 2.0I W. 6+h S+. Ph. 7-6050 lol WEST 5+h PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET TEXAS INDEPENDENCE Texas Gains Independence from Mexico was probably the headline in most local and state- wide newspapers on March 2, 1836. I-lere's part of the story which probably appeared. In hourly tear ot hostile troops, pioneers met in a convention at Washington on the Brazos, March l, l836. The declaration oi inde- pendence from Mexico on March 2, charged that MeXico's rule was despotic and that the interest ot Texas had been neglected. A con- stitution molded after that oi the United States was drawn up and adopted for the new Republic ot Texas. In our hearts we should all re- member March 2nd as Texas ln- dependence Day. BEAL CO. I N T E R I O R S For Those Who Appreciate Fine Things I708 GUADALUPE Phone 8-464i B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. I5I8 Guadalupe Street Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942I Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 81 Duval Chess tournament gets underway. CHESS TOURNAMENT HELD IN BAKER Mr. Mclsernore held a chess tournament, Ianuary I2-15, to de- termine the chess champion ot Baker. Earl Dean placed lst, Ar- thur Chester placed 2nd,, Richard Starwich 3rd, and Lamar Ander- son 4th. Other entries were: An- thony Petrick, Iesse F r e e m a n, Richard Mannix, Leroy Eastburn, Bob Young, Cotton Watford, Billy Watford, Dickey Kemp, Ioe Prew- itt, Gene Mayes, Irving Cutter, and Bobby Wykes. The first two matches were played by elimina- tion. The next three were played by Round Robin . Elimination is when A plays N and wins, and X plays Y and loses. Then A plays Y. Round Robin is when every- body plays everybody else. 09121 Breville The South's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop Ibth AND GUADALUPE Phone 8-432I EVERETT L. BRANSON STAMPS FOR COLLECTORS I03 F, West I7th Austin I, Texas SAVE ON STUDENT DIRECTORIES After a long debate the journal- ism class decided to give you a big bargain on the student direc- tories. No, your eyes aren't play- ing tricks, we really mean it. With the coupon at the bottom ot this page you can get the di- rectory for only 2Oc. Otherwise the directory will cost you 25c. All you have to do is clip the coupon and bring it, with only 2Uc, to someone who is selling the directories and get yours. Man, it you do this you are really getting a bargain, so don't delay, get yours as soon as pos- sible. Only a limited supply of books is available. OH, FOR A HOLIDAY Have you looked at your calen- dar and noticed all the celebrated days in February? It we had a holiday tor each ot the celebrated days, we would have three holi- days. They are Lincoln's birthday, Washingtorfs birthday, and Val- entine's day. The two days ot most impor- tance to Americans are February I2 and February 22. They are Washington's birthday and Lin- coln's birthday. George Washington, first presi- dent ot the United States today is better known as the Father of Our Country. Washington was also Commander-in-Chiet ot our armies. A good description of Washington is first in war, first in peace, first in the heart ot his countrymen. Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, is sometimes called Abe or Honest Abe . Today Abraham Lincoln is still re- membered tor his Gettysburg Ad- dress and Emancipation Procla- with Butter Krust Bread! mation. SAVE 50 ON YOUR I Theres good eating ahead ,QQMET ' I-iif-FH ' if sruDENr Dmscronv ,L ,Wi WM Q Twenty Cents with this Coupon 5 Wl 1. Pays tor A Baker Student Direc- WM, tory. This otfer expires Friday, 5 f '?,vQJ 5 lj February 26, I954 5 A T E B'2f5....0,59CKET VOL. V ISSUE V1 BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARCH, 1954 NEWS BITS FROM BAKER Baker has something in common with March 17. Do we have to tell you what it is or do you know? Sure thing, it's our schools colors and the colors that represent St. Patrick's day. Green and White! How about wearing these colors on St. Patricks day and help add to the gayety and color of the holiday. The ninth grade art classes of Baker are now in the process of making mobiles to hang in front of the windows in the art room for decoration. These mobiles are made from balsan wood with metal and clay decorations at first, more things are added as soon as they are made. There are two of these mobiles and they are very pretty. Make it a point to go by and see them if possible. February 6 through the 12 was National Boy Scout Week. They started off the week with a parade Saturday morning at 10:00 in the scouts' honor. Sunday, February 7, The Boy Scout's, in full uniform, attended the churches of their choice. The Boy Scouts celebrated this week all over America. Hold on to your hats, cowboys, because there's going to be a Western Dance, March 26, spon- sored by the band. You are sup- posed to wear a western outfit, so get your duds together. BAND GIVES CONCERT On February 9, the Baker Band gave a concert for the P.T.A. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 7:30 and the concert some time later. The Baker Concert Band, under the leadership of Mr. C. A. Mathews, played the following selections: Colorado Overture , Beau Sabreur Overture, a no- velty number called Clock in the Toy Shop, Childrens' Prayer, Thre Gates of Gold, and Day of Youth Overture. SPRING'S BU TIN Spring fever has struck many, including Houston While, Janice Pargman, and Bobby Wykes. The Birds are singing up in the redbud treesp the squirrels are running from their winter hiding placesp and people are getting the old feeling that comes with spring -everything's right with the world. The cause of this feeling as you can probably guess, is the fresh- ness that seems to come with the first blossoming flower. Under the budding trees are flowers of many kinds which add a gay color to the already happy season. Spring comes with the windy month of March and goes out with the flowery month of May. All the things that make spring-com- bine to make a famous quotation - Spring's bustin' out all over . KID'S KORNER The opening of Riley school leaves Baker one each of grades 5 and 6, and one combination of 5 and 6. Mrs. Hord's fifth grade has studied soils, observing erosions of the school ground and broad- casting a radio program from the office. Miss Rumme1's and Miss Gough's 5th and 6th grades lis- tened to Mr. Dawson from the State Game and Fish Commission, who talked to them about snakes Bind animals of Texas on February Miss Kavanaugh's 4-2 class is studying the cold regions of the world. BAKER TO PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC FESTIVAL The annual spring vocal festi- val-clinic will be held for junior high music students in Austin. During the three days of the clinic, April 28, 29, and 30, more than 500 music students will attend it. Their director will be Dr. Irvin Cooper, of the University of Florida. On Friday night the clinic will wind up with a concert at McCallum High School Gymnasium. The concert will have plenty of fine music, so plan to be there. PAGE TVVO THE BAKER ROCKET I OWE THE WORLD A LIVING Do you ever feel that you're getting all the bad breaks? Do you feel that the whole world is against you? You probably have at some time-almost everybody has, but do you ever stop to think of all the things you get that you just take for granted-a home, nice clothes, a school, your church. These are just a few of the things our forefathers worked, fought and died for and now all we hear are complaints like I can't get the car tonight. I don't know how my dad thinks l'm go- ing to get around--on my hands and knees most likely, and Mo- ther won't let me go to the movies. flhe never wants me to have any un-ll The next time you get the urge to gripe just slow down and re- member what everyone does for you and spend more time doing things for them. ,-,1.j1....l..i- SPRING FEVER ARRIVES Springtime and spring fever are here. Many kids are getting too lazy to do their work. Spring fever can be the cause of a lot of bad grades. lt's a long time till school's out and we can't let our grades go down. The ninth graders will have to be especially careful about being lazy because they are working for credits. Playing hooky is another result of spring fever and is another way of shoving our grades down. When we miss school we miss out on assignments. The next day, when, we're supposed to hand some work in, we don't know anything about it. DID YOU GUESS? Last month's baby personality was David Kennedy. Here are the names of people who would know him anywhere, even in a baby picture: Ioycelyn Burris Gloria Carroll Lillie Mae Clopton Patsy Biggerstaff Lynda Cox Lavada Dockens Becky Hathery Sandra Carney Pat Foreman Betty Lawhon Q WiLBwm L51-lm,,n I 9 5'-I L5 . --I HY X df, 'J EI CI I UU L 3 EU D ie 'E F l jA-1, . .---.E 'Q' fx. ' D ., r BAKER PRESS BOX NEEDS SUGGESTIONS Say kids! Do you know what that little green box with PRESS printed on it is for? Sure thing, to drop your suggestions in. lt's so convenient too, right in front of the office. Suggestions are what the Iour- nalism class needs. You all prob- ably don't like some of the articles now in the paper and there are some you would like to have in it. SCHOOL TO BE LET OUT by Delbert Moberg Mr. Darnell says school will be let out at noon for the rest of the year. The parents say the students have too much schooling and not enough free time. Also the stu- dents will be punished if they bring any book home besides a library book. Many new devices will be installed in Baker junior High, including a radio in each room, to say nothing of the five T. V. sets to be scattered about. The water fountains will be re- placed with soda fountains and we will have a thirty minute re- cess, during which you can only have a chocolate sundae or straw- berry malt. A swimming pool will be built in the patio and several flying saucers will be available for transportation. Enjoy this while you read it. LOOF LIPRA. We really don't know. lf you put your complaints and suggestions in the press box, we'll know exactly what you want. After we know this we can strive to make the paper the way you, the stu- dent body, want it. Now you must realize that it is utterly impossible to grant your every wish, but, we will do our best to better the paper. So, how about those sug- gestions? Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief .......... Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ........ jerry Scarborough Business Mgr ........... Arthur Chester News Editor ............ Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor .......... Martha Smith Copy Reader .......... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters- Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, Irving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean Franks, Barbara Grice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, Elizabeth Schwab, Mary Schwartz, Lawanda Thurman, Roger Wilkinson, Dee Dee Williams. Sponsor, Mrs. Letha Conradt. THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE THREE FADS N' FASHIONS Take away the winter skirts, bring out the full cotton skirts. Girls are now enjoying the fash- ionable cool cotton skirts. Under the skirts are usually two or more darling ruffled crinoline or taffeta petticoats in any one of a number of colors, sometimes depending on the color of your skirt. This seems to be one of the most popu- lar fashions for B. I. l-l. girls. What's this for? Have you heard anyone say this to any of the journalism students, meaning the little silver thing around the neck? l'm sure you have, as the journal- ism class received proudly their press keys. WHY PETUNIAS IS DOUBLE A petunia is a flower and so is a begonia. A begonia is also a sausage. Sausage and battery is a crime. Monkeys crime trees. Trees a crowd. A crowd makes noise. A noise is what you have on your face like eyes. The ayes have it against the nays. A horse neighs. A horse also has a little colt. You go to bed at night with a little colt and get up with double petunia. - M 15,1 , W 805 Congress AROUND THE TOWN Dig that crazy hole! That's exactly what the McCallum stu- dents have been doing. They have been having tree planting ceremonies. Each two advisories had one dogwood tree between them. They have set these trees in a row around the school and planted flowers around them. just think how pretty McCallum will be in a few years. Friday the twelfth the McCal- lum gym was beautifully decor- ated in red and white. The oc- casion? The Ir. High Valentine Formal. l'M A FOOL l'm a Fool is the play which has been picked for contests. Try- outs for the play were held Ianu- ary 17 and 18. The following cast was picked: George ................ johnny Sherrill Bert ............................ Dicky Kemp Dude ................ Craig Hicketheir Wilbur ...................... Donnie Tew Lucy ...,... .......... B arbara Girce Elinor ...,.. ........ B ecky Hatherly Mother ................... Carol Wycoff Mildred ...................... Emily Ford Student Director .... Laneta Stefka UTTERLY FANTASTIC Charlotte Currier-with a bor- ing personality. Charles Dodson without his mil- lions of girls drooling over him. David Melber-without flirting with at least two or three girls a day. Iohnny Sherrill-w i t h o u t his laugh and smile. Miss Thigpen-without her a- dorable disposition. Baker--with a swimming pool. Ioan Beard-without her sweet- ness and neatness. Delbert Moberg-slow at typ- ing. LELEUX'S PANTRY PICNIC SUPPLIES 38th 8: Guadalupe Pho. 53-9023 Varsity Drug L. V. BLOMQUIST Across from Gregory Gym I I I East' 2Is'I Wayne Fickel, Jimmy Kanerzky, Don Fincher, John Thompson, Victor Mokry and Walter Dollar with their new iackets. LETTERS AND JACKETS RECEIVED BY TEAM All the football boys who let- tered during football season re- ceived a letter B and some bought football jackets. All the boys were looking forward to get- ting these jackets and letters but it seems like they didn't keep them on very long because of all the cold girls. In a Ianuary assembly, the boys were given their letters by Coach l-lickerson who in his short speech talked like he was very proud of the whole football team. INSIDE THE LIBRARY Most of us have been inside the library but very few students know what literature is available. For instance, BIH stamp collectors might be surprised to know that there is a Standard Postage Stamp Catalog in our library. Also the poets might be interested in The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language or maybe Roberts Rules of Order would help them. For people who are planning to buy something and want the best, the Consumer Reports is very helpful. Now maybe you have an idea of what is in our library and may- be s o m e of these books and pamphlets can help you out. Why not take a look at them? May We Be Your Druggist TOVVER DRUG zaov sAN JACINTO B A L D W I N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. P A U L ' S Carpets - Draperies Phone 8-4644 I5I8 Guadalupe Street 'UO Congress Avenue 1. PAGE' FOUR :TH-E' B K K E R R O CLK--EIT - Perronalitier - Personalities for this month are: 9th grade, Barbara Grice, 8th grade Walter Wyman, and 7th grade Sonny Sanders. Splash! What was that? It was Barbara Grice, diving into the re- freshing water of a swimming pool. During the summer you will no doubt, find this brown-haired and hazel-eyed girl, on the hot summer days, the swimming pool, which is right across the street from her house at 4410 Avenue F. Did you mention Delbert Mo- berg? Well, you can bet your last dime, Barbara will blush at the very mention of his name. lf you have any platters of Kay Star or the record, Secret Love , Bar- bara would gladly spend the day with you. This fifteen year old- teen-ager takes part in many things: cheerleader, drama club, journalism, and being F.H.A. sweet heart candidate. ,i... .i--T. Yum! There goes another ham- burger and a plate of french fries eaten by this month's cute freckled face personality, Walter Wyman. Walter has auburn hair and green eyes. This, combined with his height, 5'3 , and Weight 153 lbs., adds up to, a real cute boy. His pastime is eating and his hob- by is girls. His pick of movie stars is Marilyn Monroe, song, Stran- ger in Paradise , T. V. Program, Dragnet , subject, Social Studies, teacher, Mr. McKenzie, and sport, football. Off we go into the wild blue yonder, and speaking of blue that is Sonny Sanders, our 7th grade personality's favorite color. Sonny was born in Austin, 12 years ago. He has blue eyes and brown hair, weighs l2U lbs., and is 5' 3 tall. Here are a list of his favorites: T. V. program is Top- per , food is Meiican, Sports is baseball, teacher is Mr. McLe- more, subject is Social Studies, movie star is lane Russell, and last but not least, his girl friend is Marjorie Mclntyre CLucky Girll. WHAT IF- Tommy Flowers was Tommy Weed. Carol Wyckoff was Carol Wy- sneeze. lerry Scarborough was Terry Levine. Ioyce Berry was loyce Grape. Irving Cutter was Irving Tearer. Emily Ann Ford was Emily Ann Cadillac. Walter Dollar was Walter Pen- HY- Newell King was Newell Queen. Timmy Finger was I i m m y Thumb. Earl Dean was Earl Superinten- dent. Daryl Lamb was Daryl Goat. Darlene Dailey was Darlene Weekly. Betty Green was Betty Red. Carol Moore was Carol Less. Helen West was Helen South. Cherry S t r o n g was Cherry Weak. Barbara Rush was Barbara Po- kalong. 5.4.3 TELEPHONE 6-5l I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas SALES. D SERVICE . V Maytag Peterson Appliance Center 3915 GUADALUPB ST. sus. PH. 5-9olo RES. PH. 5-loss IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE A LAMB Yes, the windy month of March is nearly over and the rainy month of April is approaching. Stop and Think! Did March come in like a lion or a lamb? Even if it did or did not this saying has stuck with March like a train has to its tracks. When March is present there are two things you think of: spring and spring fever. Spring fever is the time when every- body goes looney over school or his girl friend and, of course, spring begins March 20. The Staff of the Baker Rocket hopes every- one will have a good '54 Spring. LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND I think l'll retire and live off the fast of the land. Perhaps people who say this don't always mean what l'm going to show you, but it amounts to the same thing. You can get a good variety of foods almost anywhere in. the United States. For instance, if you go in for fruits there's Orange CTeXasJ, Berry CAlabamaJ, Hack- berry CArizonal, Mulberry lArk- ansasl, Strawberry CArkansasl, Lime tConn.J, Fruitland lConn.J, and Apple tlllinoisl. Considering the high cost of the article, you might save money by going to Coffeeville CAlabamal, and to top it off, there's Cream Hill CConn.J, to go with it. ' Some other things that might go into the menu are Sugarland Texas, Torilla Flat, Arizona, Pie- town, Arizona, Tomato, Arkansas, Weiner, Arkansas, Wheately, Ark- -ansas, Carmel, California, Cor- nish, Colorado, Tomales, Califor- nia, Bean Hill, Conn., Turkey Point, Conn., Oyster, Florida, Ba- contown, Georgia, and Salmon Idaho. Do you see now why l say you could live off the fat of the land? L The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West 1 Austin, Texas IOII Lamar Blvd. PI1. B-8827 ,FUNERAL HUME THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE THIS IS BASKETBALL?? Surely, it couldn't bel Believe it or not, it's true. We are referring to girls' basketball, which the girls gym classes are participating in now. The boys seem to think that the way girls play basketball is quite amusing as it is very different from boys basketball. ln girls' basketball you may only dribble twice and although it is played on the whole court, you play only on one half of it. Let's say there are two teams, the red and the blue. The blue guards and the red forwards play on one end of the court, while the red guards and the blue forwards. play on the other half. The seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls basketball teams are now having intramurals which are played after school. lf you would like to see something real excit- ing, confusing, and sometimes amusing go to the gym after school and watch the girls play. ALLAN EDGES BAKER The favored Baker Buckaroos were stunned and surprised by the outcome of the score on Thurs- day, lan. 28 as the Allan Bulldogs defeated them by an 8 point mar- gin, 43-35. jesse Hernandez led the Bulldogs with 19 points and Delbert Moberg scored 14 for the Buckaroos. Coach l-lickerson, hoping for his second victory in a row, was also surprised at the way the Bulldogs handled the Baker five. TRACK SEASON HERE Whiz! There goes ferry Marx. Zip, zip there goes Don Fincher. Yes, track season is now in ses- sion and the Baker tracksters will be getting ready for competition with the other junior high schools. WE DID IT Coach Hickerson coached his Buckaroos to a 44 to 30 victory over the Texas School for the Deaf. This was Baker's first conference win. The Buckaroos were fight- ing all the way and were never behind in the score after about the first minute. Sammy Oats was high point man for the game with 20 points. David Melber copped scoring honors for Baker with 10. Baker outscored TSD in every quarter except the last when they scored only 6 points to the 7 made by TSD. The half-time score put Baker on top 23 to 14. Second and third honors went to Roger Wilkin- son with 8 points and Don Benner with 7. y we DID IT AGAIN I The Baker team whipped the favored U.I.l-l. Eagles by a seven point margin 33 to 26. This was the team's second victory in con- ference play. Roger Wilkinson was high point man for the game with 15 points. The nervous Eagles whipped the ball around wildly losing it many times. Their shots from in close or far out were wide of the mark. Baker easily won by mak- ing a total of 24 points to the Eagles' 17 during the second half. BOYS' P.E. The boys P. E. classes are play- ing soccer now. They started the course by seeing a movie and hearing a lecture by Coach Hick- erson. He gave them two sheets of information, one with rules and the other with the positions of the players. The Coach plans on having speed-ball next. Then one of his advanced classes will try the new game of speed-away. MISS THIGPEN Sweet, young, and charming just about describes the girls' gym teacher. She has blond hair, green eyes, and is five feet six inches tall. She has two brothers and sis- ters and is originally from Naples, Texas. She got her degree in physical education at North Texas State College at Denton, Texas. She has taught in El Paso and this is her third year to teach at Baker. Miss Thigpen's favorite pastimes are sports and bridge, and she loves fried chicken. . SESSIONS AND PRACTICE FOR SPEECH AND PRESS On Saturday morning, February Sth, some of the journalism and Speech students attended a stu- dent activities conference in Georgetown. The conference was held at Southwestern University and its purpose was to study problems of speech and news- paper work. The speech clinic was compos- ed of examples of debate decla- mation, plays, and extempor- raneous speaking. These were then criticized and discussed. The journalism section of the confer- ence had many interesting talks and discussion groups on such problems as the purpose for hav- ing a school paper, replacing gos- sip columns, possibilities for a vo- cation in journalism, problems of headline writing, reporting, and copyreading. Hyde Park Hardware HARDWARE -- SPORTING GOODS Sherwin-Williams Paint 4I2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 Goff.-E32 TI1ere's good eating ahead what ,jlflafungfy 5501, maxi 'Tit Sh Us First or Last . 4 ' A-if game OP y --QM lr -1 3, .4 if :sob GUADALUPE :-- ,Il 1-M 1 1 g - gil S V 2 W f M I 7 y s Hyde Park Pharmacy ' t sc:-loom. suvpues I with Butter KI'U5'I' Bread! Let Us FIII Your Prescription 40I7 Guadaupe PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET lor I took the .45 and he took the six-gun and I got to Boot Hill before himl By Martha Io Sherrill Slowly the tall Texan ambeled down the main street of Boot Hill. As he walked his hands swung close to his guns. This was the town-he had to protect it-that was his job-he was sheriff. She- riff Schmo Thursday was working the day watch out of county jail. He had heard rumors that the most vicious, desperate outlaw in Texas was in town and Schmo was a'hankerin' to meet him and maybe get his autograph. The outlaw's name was Lord Fauntle- roy Tudor. Suddenly, Schmo heard some- one calling his name. He turned. lt was Beuuulah Bell, his latest heart throb. Beuuulah Bell came running up to him crying, Schmo, Schmo, get outta town. Fauntleroy is here and he's out to get you all. Run, :run. Schmo looked at Beuu- lah Bell and said, Gal, Ah ain't going to run from nobody, not even fshudderl Fauntleroyf' From down the street came shouts and everyone began to run for cover Ceveryone except Schmo, Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942l Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval flplil Evruillr The South's Unique Restaurant and Gift Shop I6th AND GUADALUPE Phone 8-432I GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe Ai! X. Q Cr,-Fl I I 31-ff 5 'm .f3Tif.21:.'25,'fl'E?,'f.J::':t:.'z2:5' 'Y' Jiri' and Beuuulah Bell who wanted to be with Schmo to the last.J Then, as Fauntleroy, his long curls bob- bing, came into full view on the now almost deserted main street of Boot Hill, Schino turned to Beuulah Bell and said sadly, Ah told you ah wouldn't run from no man an' Ah ain't a gonna but Ah suddenly feel in the need of that their vacation that the town prom- ised me and Ah think Ah'1l take it now . . . Goodbye. As he turned, Beuuulah Bell grabbed his arm and cried out, PLEASE PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS Ah hate to tell you now but it's too late. Fauntelroy is right be- hind you. But be brave, tell him all you want is the facts. But Ah already got the facts, ma'am, and the fact is Fauntleroy wants to kill me. But Ah'll be brave, said Schrno as he turned, ' Ah'll walk right up to him and uh ...............,,... and Ah'll ask which way out ot town, finished Schmo as he looked down the barrels of two six-shooters. Cto be continuedl Loolr Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP IOI WEST 5th The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.l.C. U.S. Government Depository AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-392l Dlfep ' 'ffm WW 'l 7 North sta, 30' CALCASIEU I Dallas Highway 570 West 2nd ga--nf, - dm-su nn ullutilluun nmnam-.leur manual umnus' nr :alumina B .E6l1 J'0f.B6lk6p VOL. V ISSUE VII BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL APRIL '54 Easter, The Holy Time By Ann Baldwin A heavy cross, a crown of thorns, a home spun robe, a new lite, and the individual named Iesus, all are a part of the Sacred Easter. Bunnies, eggs, baskets, and a new bonnet are what many people think of when they're re- minded of Easter. Surely the first Easter was a happy one. The Master's friends had come to his grave to pay homage to what they thought was a dead prophet. Instead of finding a body wrapped in soft cloth, there was an angel awaiting them. Christ had risen and had become, to humans, a Risen Sav- iour instead of a dead prophet. Perhaps the youth are prone to forget the real reason for Easter. Daniel Webster says this about Easter: A Sunday between March Z1 and April 26 set apart in the ecclesiastical calendar for com- memorating the resurrection of Christ. In that definition there is nothing said about bunnies and eggs. The only time some people even see What's on the other side ot the church door is on Easter morning. Then all they go for, it seems, is to show off their new Spring frocks. TICKET SALES HALTED Ticket sales for the Baker Tunior High Spring Festival halted at ten o'clock February 19, 1954. Selling the most tickets was Miss Cole's advisory for the Iunior High, and for the elementary Miss Rumme-l's room sold the most. Leading in the individual con- test was Allan Rogers selling 153 tickets from Miss Cole's advisory. 2nd place went to Terry Owen from Miss Gough's 6-l class who sold 143 tickets. Allan received S500 for being top seller and Terry got 32.50 for being second. Not bad, huh? xl 5791 Gm? S Q, 1 41 f if E I 1423? 9 I l Q I, '7' I 4 . I Q 8 I ' ' ltxl 57 A. LX7 r fl T J J, ' - MARYQQIYH Is the real Sacred Easter to re- turn? Supposedly the only way to get back the true meaning of Easter is to leave some of these minor things out. A child that is brought up to think only of Easter eggs, new shoes, and such will probably never receive the mean- ing of Easter, the Holy time. A CHlLD'S EASTER For a long time people have celebrated Easter. The children celebrate Easter by hunting Eas- ter Eggs that the Easter Bunny has left. Small children believe that the Easter Rabbit comes during the night when they are asleep and hides eggs in the grass. Sunday morning they get up and have an Easter Egg Hunt. It's wonderful to see the joy they get out of hunting eggs. After the hunt comes services at church which gives the child the true meaning of Easter. All this has long been a part of Easter and will be for years to come. HERE COME THE GALS Fort Worth, here we come!! This is the cry of two happy, excited girls. The girls are representing Baker's F.H.A. Chapter at Fort Worth. There were quite a few gals nominated and each one had to be working on a l:'.H.A. degree and had to have a B average in all her subjects. After the list of girls was made, a check sheet for each girl was given to all her teachers. On the sheet the teacher was to check whether the student was excellent, good or fair in meeting the qualifications. Listed on this check sheet were: general attitude in class, dependability, citizenship, and ability to repre- sent Baker School well. The ninth and the eighth grade representa- tives were chosen who had the highest averages on the check sheets. Representing the ninth grade is Laneta Stefka and for the eighth grade Ianice Kuhn. HOW DID THE APRIL FOOLERS GET YOU? The April Foolers did an effi- cient job. Here are some things that happened. Toyce Berry- Someone told me I had bubble gum on the back of my skirt. Of course I had to look. Martha Sherrill- Some of the girls hid my gym suit. What a predicament to be in. Charlotte Currier - Someone told me that my petticoat was showing. I hope most of you were as lucky as these were. Lucky? Well, nothing really horrible happened. RUSSELL SPEAKS AT TEA David Russell, Poet Laureate of Texas, spoke at a tea held at the home of Mrs. Norma Lynn Scott CPresident of the English Club and teacher of English at McC'al1urnl, 3001 Beverly Road, at 7:30 P. M., March 26. The tea was sponsored jointly by the Poetry Society of Austin and the English Club of Austin. PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET THE SANDS OF TIME By Arthur Chester . . . And, departing, leave be- hind us Footprints on the sands of time. Quickly! l-low many people can you think of that are famous? Five is fair, lU is good, and l5 is excel- lent. Most of these started out as no great person, but all were am- bitious enough to pass up others. Are you one who passes or one who gets passed? Will you do something you can be remem- bered for? We seem to waste our time away And find, when life has gone, We have not played the part of queen But merely that of pawn. What about you? Will you leave your footprints on the sands of time? BUTTONS ON BAKERITES Do you know the meaning of loyalty? The true meaning of the word is faithfulness and there are quite a number of Baker boys who are really loyal. lt seems almost every time Baker buttons are be- ing sold Walter Wyman, Bill Foel- sing, and Iohn Thompson can be seen buying them. The students of Baker get a free newspaper and should be glad to help a lit- tle on the school paper. We would like to thank all the people in Baker who have bought Baker buttons. RED CROSS FORMS JUNIOR COUNCIL The Austin Red Cross Chapter is sponsoring the organization of a Iunior Bed Cross City Council which is made up of representa- tives from all the junior high and senior high schools in Austin. Mike Carmichael, a former mem- ber of the council in Dallas Know attending McCallumD, is mainly responsible for the primary organ- ization of the Austin council. Through the cooperation of the Bed Cross and the help of Mrs. Higgins the first meeting was on February l3 and every two weeks thereafter. Representing Baker at these meetings will be representative Martha Sheill and alternate Char- lotte Griffith. Follow cz Good Example Not long ago something startled me. l walked into a typical class- room full of typical students and found the room unusually quiet. The quietness didn't bother me for once in a while kids are quiet. What did bother me was that none of those students were chewing gum. That really is unusual! This is one of the most unusual experiences l've had. lt puzzled me. Normally you find at least one student chewing gum but in this classroom not even one stu- dent was. l rushed out to see if chewing gum was still sold and of course found out it was. l thought then that l was just seeing things but after going back to the class l found out l wasn't. That afternoon I began investi- gating this unusual happening. As a last resort l asked a student of the class, whom l know exceed- ingly well and who is a person Banc! Presents Burn Dance! What a time was had! Food! Food! Food! Dance! Dance! Dance! Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! Fun! Thank you, Baker Band, for the exciting, wonderful, marvelous night! Anyone miss it? Poor you! flf you did.J There was a real- true hillbilly band and square dancing and just plain dancing and-oh, eats. All plump people such as Cecille Stagner, Brucie Cavett, and Ann Baldwin will have to diet for the next month to make up for all they ate. Congratulations to the most valuable boy and girl band mem- bers! The girl was Ann Baldwin, and the boy was Roger Wilkinson. UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE Lizabeth S c h w a b-with her hair out of place. lanice Kuhn-not neat. Allen Rogers-without Charles Dodson and Walter Dollar. Sandy Hitchcock-with a poodle cut. Gerald Heath-tall and dark. Clarence Pruitt and Leon Meiars -not altogether. Sue King-without those little freckles on her nose! who can't resist chewing gum. She informed me that when you are caught chewing gum in that class lO points are taken off the grade. Many students couldn't afford this so they abandoned gum. Now they are used to the idea and the teacher doesn't worry about see- ing a gum chewer. Maybe it would be better for some of the other students to abandon gum chewing, grades might be higher. As the saying goes there is a time and place for everything. The time for chewing gum isn't during class and the place isn't school. YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER People are like books. As we ignore a book with a dull title and cover, we ignore a person that doesn't seem to be interesting. But often if we read the book that seems to be uninteresting, to our delightful surprise, we find it to be far from dull. So be it with people. Names and faces aren't every- thing, for its the person you look to for friendship. So, like a book, open and read the person before you judge. Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief ......t.., Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ........ Ierry Scarborough Business Mgr ........... Arthur Chester News Editor .......... ...Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor ......,... Martha Smith Copy Reader r......... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters - Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, Irving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean Franks, Barbara Grice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, Elizabeth Schwab, Mary Schwartz, Lawanda Thurman, Roger Wilkinson, Dee Dee Williams. Sponsor-Mrs. Letha Conradt. THE BAKER ROCKET Our Principals Speak To the student of Baker School: l feel that we have one of the best groups of students that have ever gone to Baker School. There have been very few known cases of vandalism or destruction of public property of any kind this year. The building and school furniture show very few signs of wilful defacing so common to public buildings. On the other hand many students are very careless about throwing paper and other items on the floor and leaving the building in a mess. I think the students are to be congratulated for the fine name they have made for their school this year. l..et's improve the weak spots and keep others up to par. What do you say? , l..l-. EAVESDROPPING AROUND BAKER Dig those crazy haircutsl l won- der what barber did that job on those boys. Oh, l know, they are future high school football play- ers? They had spring training during February, and the seniors at McCallum initiated them by cutting their hair. Wayne Fickel, jerry Scarbrough, Don Renner, Don Fincher, Sam Olguin, Roger Wilkinson, Iimmy Kanetzky, and Wiley Wyman were the boys from Baker chosen to go out for spring training at McCallum. They are also the boys with the burrs and flat tops. ln places, their hair just plain ain't there! WRIGI-IT'S PARK G LOCK CONGRESS AT ELEVENTH Austin THESE J UVENILES Say, they're talking about us! Yep, as much as we hate to ad- mit it, we are the kids, the ones in junior high and high school, that people mean when they say, What's this younger generation coming to? The fact is, sometimes we don't leave a very good im- pression. Everyone likes to have fun, es- pecially teen-agers, but when fun comes under the heading of da- maging other peoples' property it's time we reformed. Things we might consider all in fun don't appeal to other people the same way. We should learn to think twice before we do something that is questionable fun. We'll be better friends among ourselves and with grown-ups. l..et's go all out to make our generation one of the best and to show adults that what this generation is coming to is a safer, more competent adulthood. BROTHERHOOD FOR BAKER On the morning of February 23, l954, three speakers were at Baker in conjunction with Brotherhood W'eek. They were Rabbi Brand- iss, representing the jewish re- ligion, Reverend Stephenson, rep- resenting the Protestant religion, and Father Matocha, representing the Catholic religion. They spoke on the merits of brotherhood with no prejudices because of creed, race, or religion and the possibil- ities ot world peace through an effort such as this. 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' ' BABY PERSONALITY Giggle, giggle-that's what you would hear if you were eaves- dropping when this month's baby personality was watching its fav- orite TV program l Love Lucy. Besides TV this little darling en- joys listening to Arthur Godfrey over the radio. As for its favorite movie star, Esther Williams is tops. lts favorite sport is swim- ming and then basketball. Another favorite is Mr. Pine and color green. lt now has brown hair and blue eyes and is five feet five inches tall. lt has a little brother 10 years old. lts often cal- led Sammy, and Ginger. We have you stumped, don't we? Look Your Best For School Days J SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP l0l WEST 5th The CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK in Austin Member F.D.l.C. U.S. Government Depository WARREN'S FLOWERS AND CORSAGES Everything in Flowers AUS-TEX Garden Supplies. Seed, Pet Supplies 6001 Burnet Rd. R , . . 1 V. -- 'fit V A GROCERY - MARKET 3035 Guadalupe l PAGE FOUR THE BAKER ROCKET - Perronozlitzler - This month's personalities are 7th grade, Emily Ann Ford, 8th grade, Janice Kuhn, and 9th grade, Delbert Moberg. Oh, to be 5' 2 again, moan- ed some 9th grade girls of Baker. The reason? Why that good-look- ing Delbert Moberg, of course. I-le happens to be 5' 4 tall, has greenish-brown eyes and brown hair with a flat top cut. Packed into that 5' 4 is the most wonder- ful personality you've ever known. Delbert has a long list of fav- orites, but here are some of his main ones: baseball, Mr. Hicker- son, math, Mexican food, Oh, My Papa , and maroon and white. l-le plans to go to Texas AGM and become a professional football player and a meterologist on the side. Flash! Alert all girls! Delbert is on the loose in the field. Grab that bat, girls! A darling girl with a bubbling laugh and an adorable personali- ty. Have you guessed who it is already? For those who are a mite slow at guessing, the girl is this month's 8th grade personality, lanice Kuhn. lt seems lanice likes to watch T.V. and especially My Little Margie. She also favors B A L D W l N Pianos and Organs Capitol Piano Co. l5I8 Guadalupe Street p it :oem1inxenuzoioioicmxoimxou ' . Fluor hols Fu lou l9TH Fr l.AvAcA 291:-1 s. sAN .mcmro ,n-0QOQ0,0-l,DUQOQOQo,UaUm gym, Miss Thigpen, and the color green. She has lived in the fair city of Austin for 13 years. At the moment she lives at 4205 Speed- way and her phone number is 53-4213. So, grab the phone, boys, real quick, because first come- first served. Our 7th grade personality spot- light turns this month on lovely Emily Ann Ford. Our tiny little personality this month has brown hair, hazel eyes, and is 13 years old. Her birthday is Ianuary 29, and the place was Brownwood, Texas. Miss Cole and Mr. McLe- more are tops on her favorite teacher list, so it seems natural that speech and social studies would be her favorite subjects. Sea food is tops in food with Emily. lt looks as though Emily's interested in acting since she is now a member of the Baker Drama Club and her ambition for the future is to be a drama teacher or to work on the stage. Kids, if you haven't met her, take my advice and do so at once. Summer ls the Happy Time Bakerites, are making plans for their summer activities as they wait for school to end. George Huff is dreaming of go- ing to the country where he can be lazy and sleep often. Cecil Catchings and Ronald Davis can hardly wait till they're off on fish- ing trips. Wonder if they'll catch anything? Lillian Ross plans to visit local swimming pools quite often as she enjoys swimming. lanice Kuhn agrees with her, too, that there's nothing quite as en- joyable as this. Mary Steger wants to spend her spare time in West Texas, while Patsy Wilder thinks Colorado is the place for her vacation. lanice Kohrs is the wandering type, too, as she plans to go to Mexico, lowa, Missouri and Houston, Texas. Delores Rum- mel is also the type who goes in for swimming, she also plans to spend some time of her summer at her grandmother's house. Well, you may not be planning something like these Bakerites, but we're quite sure that whatever you do this summer it's bound to be enjoyable. BAKERITES SPEND THEIR EASTER HOLIDAYS You know it isn't but once a year you get out of school for Eas- ter holidays, so it's best to make the most out of them. Here are the ways some of our Bakerites spend theirs: E Leroy Eastburn-Spends his time looking at girls' Easter bonnets. james Spaw-Eating candy. Betty Snowden-Betty says she lays polka dot Easter eggs. flslow do you do it Betty?l Iocelyn Burris-Hunting Easter eggs. Helen West-Spends her time hiding Easter eggs for her little sisters. Don Fincher-fthe bright boy saidl I don't spend my holidays, I keep them. Daffynition-- B u d g e t : telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. Roy Cox Service Station Phone 5-942i Your Friendly Sinclair Dealer 43rd 8: Duval Hyde Park Pharmacy SCHOOL SUPPLIES Let Us Fill Your Prescription 40l7 Guadaupe The Hitchin' Post Where the cuisine of the South meets that of the West Austin, Texas IOII Lamar Blvd. Ph. 8-8827 May We Be Your Druggist TOWER DRUG 2807 SAN JACINTO Phone 8-4644 ' EPP? THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE FACULTY NIPS HGLOBETROTTERSH The Baker Globetrotters fthe basketball teaml lost in a very close game with the Faculty. The Globetrotters, smeared with black grease paint, were really going to town the first quarter 16- 18. The faculty gained two points in the second quarter making the score 24-18. When the final quar- ter ended the score-board showed the score to be 45-43 in favor of the faculty. The high scorers on each team were: l-lickerson IFJ .i......i.. .......... 1 5 Sanderson CED ......... ......... l U Wilkinson CG.T.D ..... ......... 1 0 Thurman IFJ ......... ......... 1 U Moberg IGr.T.l ..... .....i 8 ' 7 Olguin IG.T.l ........................ Renner CG-.T.l ........................ 7 BAKER SNIEARS T. S. D. The hapless T. S. D. Rangers fell before the upcoming Baker squad. Roger Wilkinson captured the scoring honors for the game, with 21 points. This was Baker's third victory of the season. At halftime Baker had a comfortable 28 to 13 lead, but Sammy Oats kept the Rangers within striking distance until he fouled out with a total of 19 points. I FUNERAL HUMEH AVE. B GROCERY Where All Neighbors Trade 4403 Ave. B PHONE 53-3921 TRAVIS SLIPS BY BAKER AS SEASON ENDS The Travis Rebels beat Baker 32 to 26 as both teams finished the season. The second team of Baker started and held Travis well. The first quarter score was ll to 8 in favor of the Rebels. Then the first string entered the game, but the Travis five extended their lead to 7 points at halftime. Both teams hit two field goals during the third period, but Travis held their lead in the last quarter to win by 6 points. Bobby Craig led Travis with 13 points and Delbert Moberg had 1U for Baker. Roger Wilkinson and David Melber had 4 spaces as second and third scoring hon- ors for Baker. Three players hit 5 points each for the Rebels. Score by quarters: Travis ................ ll 9 4 8-32 Baker ................ 8 5 4 9-26 CITY LEAGUE NEWS The Allan Golds and the Uni- versity Eagles remained unbeaten through the first half of play. The Golds are leading the National League with an 8-U standing, while the Eagles of the American League are out front with a 7-U record. The Baker Ones are in fifth place in the American League with 2 wins and 4 losses. Vas- binder leads the American scor- ing honors with 76 points and lerry l-leath of Baker has meshed 62 points. The Baker Twos who are in the National League are in fourth place with a 3-4 record. BEAL CO. I N T E R I O R S For Those Who Appreciate Fine Things I 708 GUADALU PE Phone 8-4641 GIRLS' P.E. Basketball seems to be the main topic in girls' P.E. now. After go- ing through skills for two weeks and then playing games in class they started intrarnurals. ludging by the noise in the gym after school they seem to be having loads of fun. Miss Thigpen was in charge of the lr. High Physical Education float in the parade Friday, March 5. lt was decorated in white crepe paper with blue lettering. On this float was one tumbling pyramid, boys and girls with equipment representing the different sports taught in gym classes, and a dis- cussion group around a black- board. We're real proud of the students at Baker who were on this float. CONGRATULATIONS Red Hot explains how our basketball team was this year. Every team that they didn't beat was still nervous from the close shave they just had. At the games you probably wondered how they racked up so many points. We are very grateful to the bas- ketball team for their support of Baker and we congratulate them all for everything. ALLAN NIPS BUCS The favored Allan Bulldogs beat Baker for the second time of the year as they had to stop a Baker second half rally. The Bulldogs were hitting superb the first half as they led 27 to 12. The down- hearted Buckaroos came out with a staggering comeback as they cut the 15 point lead to a mere field goal. The Bulldogs put a freeze and the Baker five began to foul. Delbert Moberg scored 13 points to lead both teams. .,.. , ..,..: , ' E E Hyde Park Hardware eoffffl 4 t as HARDWARE -sPoRnNe eoons fflflflfemfy CWOP Sherwin-Williams Paint Shop Us pgrs-y or Lasq- 305 Congress 4l2I Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 I306 GUADALUPE The So?31l?UiT1BnIl5iaurant 301 A U1 1. Q Norm Side CALCASIEU Phone 8 rgIp!l5q:g,lj!g.lllsigglglggx-3.59155 punlqmg Qnyirllm-ul cqlymljls PAGE SIX THE BAKER ROCKET lContinued from March lssuel lor I took the .45 and he took the six-gun and I got to Boot Hill before him l As we left Schmo Thursday in the last episode of Showdown Schmo was looking down the bar- rels of Lord Fauntleroy Tudor's six shooters. As we rejoin our story- No one spoke or moved as Schmo and Fauntleroy stood there in the middle of the main street of Boot Hill. The air was tense with anticipation. Then Fauntleroy broke the monotony as he said, l suppose you know that l'm out to get you, do you not Thurs- day. Ah plumb sure do, replied Schmo. Well, l'll give you a fair chance, Fauntleroy went on. l challenge you to a duel. You may name the time, place and weapons. You see, I am a man of fair play, and distinction and besides, l need some target prac- tice. You may give me the infor- mation tomorrow or send it by your second . Schmo thought a moment and murmured, Time-first day of August, place-west Texas desert, weapon-snowballsf' Come, come now my good man. The last person l killed didn't even fight back. Let's make this a sporting duel. Then Beuuulah Bell spoke, P A U L ' S Carpets - Draperies l 1 8110 ? 6: Wuuw A 5010 6: 1-4' F1unvn.seay .JW Schmo, youall have got to up- hold the good name of this here town and if the only way to do it is fight Fauntleroy, then youall have got to do it. Alrightee, that fancy-pants out- law don't scare me. Ah bet he's not as tough as Liberace even if he does have hair like him. Well, Thursday, have you made up your Chahl mind? Yes, mah mind is made up. Ah'l1 meet you at the big oak tree at 10:00 in the morning. We might make it dawn but Ah'm never up at that time. . But what will the weapons be? Don't worry, l'll have weapons for both of us. As Fauntleroy walked away Beuuulah Bell said, What kind of weapons did you choose, Schmo? the morning and youall will see. At ten on the dot the next morn- ing Schmo was at the oak tree with two weapons in his hands. At l0:0l Fauntleroy came into view. He approached slowly, step by step, peering at the objects Schmo held in his hand. Fauntle- roy was Within l0 feet of Schmo when he stopped, still staring at what Schmo held in his hand. l-le shudderedp then turned and ran so far that he was never seen in Texas again. What did Schmo have in his hand? Draw your own conclusion! Moral: Never start reading a continued story. 67112471 ji TELEPHONE 6-5I I0 FEMININE FASHIONS 410 COUQFSSS AVSUUG rust be Gt the big Oak tree in 2904 Guadalupe Austin, Texas , , . . an f , . ..- ' I' Tl1ere's good eating ahead .wl- ' .?ff5Zf! 5 ,W 2234 e-UADALUPE looa coNe-Rzss QM 5, g guyz ty f ,nw rxmxx ...Z i Ax :. 'X pl' i SALES SERVICE 'WM '2W ' W Maytag ,T M ,umm W 3 i ' Peterson Appliance Center wah Buffer Kwsi. Bread! 5915 GUADALUPE ST. W BUS. PH. 5-90l0 RES. PH. 5-l038 HE BA OCKET The Eye and Em of Baker VOL. V ISSUE VIII BAKER IUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAY '54 GOODBYE ! SOMEBODY GOOFED ARE YOU COUNTING THE DAYS? There are only a few days of school left and I really mean it. It is interesting to count the days until school is out, and find exactly how close you are to be- ing free. I don't mean to say that being in school is like being in jail. But most kids like to look forward to doing what they want to during the three months of sum- mer vacation. Are you counting the days until school is out? ROAMING THE HALLS OF BAKER Parting is such sweet sorrow. This saying, old as it is, still holds true today. When it comes time to leave an old school and go to a new one with new faces and gobs of new friends, you do feel sort of happy, but when you come right down to the point you're sad. lust think of the friends you're leaving behind, all the swell times and wonderful memories, or maybe, the teachers. It gives you a feel- ing that only you can know and understand. Let's see what a few of our fellow students say about leaving dear old Baker. Kathy Kiddens: I'm going to cry my heart out. Nancy Dement: I don't feel so good about leaving. Ierry Scarborough: l've been here so long that I just feel like I belong here, and I don't want to leave. HOP TO IT, BUY A YEAR BOOK Have you bought your year- book yet? You had better get on the ball if you are going to buy one. This year they're going to be great! Yes great, sensational! There will be a surprise in store for you in the yearbook. lust in case you wondered, the price is now 31.25. Don't miss this offer, be sure to buy your yearbook today! SCHOOL'S OUT School's out, school's out, the teachers let the mules out. This old rhyme sounds familiar now, because summer vacation is near- ing. The swimming pools are fill- ing rapidly with BIH students, and the teachers are winding up on their work. This year has been a memor- able year for the ninth grade, just as next year it will be memorable for the eighth grade. Most of our ninth graders will be going to McCallum, and there is a great future ahead of them. Now is the time for the ninth graders to start thinking about their future, especially their plans. Have you thought about your fu- ture? l..et's hope everyone thats in the ninth grade is a success, and that all their wishes will come true. Heres a helpful thing that will be well to remember . . . when you do something, do it well! If you remember this, you are on the road to success. Iohnny Sherrill and Bill Young: We hate to leave. When Harritt Palmer was ask- ed how she felt about leaving she replied, Terrible, Bonnie Platt: l've only been here for one year, but in this one year l've found more fun than most people who have been here nine years. I really hate to leave. Baker is a real swell school and so are the teachers. We hate to leave you . . . , ..L..?i- CONGRATULATIONS KIDS Congratulations! We wish to congratulate you for your fine work in interscholastic league contests. In the English division we would like to congratulate Ann Cavett, first place ready writing, Martha Sherrill, 2nd place ready writing, and Margaret Laybourn, alternate for Ann and Martha. Also Kathryn Giddens for win- ning first place in the district for her spelling ability. She only mis- sed one word, gads I wish I could spell that good! Betty Voight came in second place in the spelling contest. -.,,,....-1 HORIZONTAL BAR TEAM Around and around and around they go. This describes the Hori- zontal Bar Team. This team prac- tice has been supervised by Mr. McLemore. The team consists of Pat Fowler, Bob Hawley, Bennie Miller, Blas Santos, Lupe Santos, Wilson Ienson, Vernon King, Al Shaffer and Arbie Ioe Cutrer. The bar which they practice on is ho- rizontal to the ground and may be better known to some as a chinning bar. Requirements for a good hori- zontal bar performer are: Cal Agility tbl Courage Ccl Strength Cdl Sense of timing Cel Lot of practice PAGE TWO THE BAKER ROCKET CHESS TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD MAY 17-21 Mr. S. D. Mcl..emore has an- nounced that chess tournament will be held May 17-21. The chess tournament is open to any boy who can play chess. He doesn't have to be an outstanding player to enter either. At first the tourna- ment will be played by elimina- tion and then by round-robin. The chess club has been grow- ing. It now contains some 35 to 40 members. They are as follows: Richard Starwich, I. W. Sanders, jerry jones, Ray Belcher, Warren Routon, Darrell Dungan, Robert Sullavan, Cecil Catchings, Leon Hanson, Errol Schuyler, Richard Mannix, Raymond Sherman, Bob- by Boyd, Bob Young, jerry Mo- gonye, Dickey Kemp, Charles ,C a n tw e l 1, David Biggerstatf, james Atchison, jesse Freeman, james Norman, Anthony Petrick, Bennie Engelke, jack Wagner, Gene Mayes, Earl Dean, Frank Lain, Leroy Henderson, Mike Drousche, Sammy Franks, Cotton Watford, joe Prewitt, jerry Polk, Leroy Eastburn, Lamar Anderson, lrving Cutter, Bobby Wykes, Ar- thur Chester, and Gene Mallard. STUDENT ACTIVITIES END SCHOOL TERM ln the good ol' Summer Time is probably a phrase which will come to the minds of many Baker- ites at the nearing of the summer vacation months. As we near these summer months and the closing of the school term, we begin to think of all the activities which have or will round up the school days. For instance the school picnic which will be held soon at Shipe Park. There will be free hot dogs and soda water for everyone, as well as the refreshing cool water for swimming. The Student Council will also round up their school days with a picnic and swimming at Barton Springs, which all plans to be an enjoyable afternoon. May 14th was the day set aside by the journalism class to have their Press Club Dinner. This ac- tivity took place at the Hitchin' Post and entertainment was per- formed by the journalism students themselves. MAY 3-8 MARKED FRIENDSHIP WEEK Monday, May 3, opened the first activity for Friendship Week. Starting at 7:30 and lasting until 8:30 a sunrise dance was held to enable students to get their Friendship books signed. There was also dancing for those who wanted to dance. The books were put out by the student council and were sold for 15 cents. The sec- ond day was used mostly to get books signed. On Wednesday there was a big treat for the girls. The boys were supposed to carry the girls' books to class for them but the treat went to the boys Thursday because the girls car- ried the boys' books. On Satur- day, May 8, from 7:00 to 10:00 there was a Hawaiian Dance. A Friendship king and queen were also announced at the dance. For more fun the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades at Mc- Callum were invited to the dance. That concluded the schedule for the week and here are a few notes from the teachers: Please try to have a pen or pencil with you and contact teachers before and after school or between classes if you would like for them to sign your Friendship Books. NIGHT OF THREE ONE ACTS Baker Auditorium is where the Footlight Players presented two nights of one act plays. The plays presented were: Ladies Alone , The Dear Departed , and l'm a Fool which was Baker's contest play. The members of the casts were: l'm a Fool , johnny Sher- rill, Carol Wycofi, Emily Ford, Barbara Grice, Dicky Kemp, Becky Hatherly, and Glenn Noble. The Members of Dear De- parted ' were: Ann Cavett, Ethel Kidder, Laneta Stefka, Arthur Chester, Irving Cutter Donny Tew and Wilma Anderson. The cast of Ladies Alone is Avis McFarland, Sandy Hitchcock, Dar- leen Inman, and Sue King. 9th GRADE STYLE SHOW l guess we have some pretty well-dressed gals in the ninth grade now. lf you saw the Fashion Show they gave tor the P.T.A. April 13, you can understand why. The girls modeled the dres- ses they made in homemaking. The theme was April in Paris and there were three scenes. The first was for the more casual dres- ses, the second was for the round-the-clock dresses, and the third scene was for the real dres- sy dresses. Miss Nell Ann Holdaman, the student teacher, was the narrater for the show. The girls who mo- deled in the show were from Mrs. I-1arville's second and sixth period classes. They also gave the style show in assembly on the 15th of April. Congratulations to the girls on their wonderful dresses. They were very beautiful. A HUMAN SUNBEAM Everyone knows that one can't confine a sunbeam, no matter how hard he tries. But does every- one know that a human sunbeam is pretty hard to confine too? The source of the sunny personality of a human sunbeam is the heart. When the source of something is as deep as that, it is pretty hard to squelch. Have you ever no- ticed that when a happy person is around a sad one, the sad one usually becomes gay instead ot the happy person becoming sad and depressed? lf you haven't, you notice the next time you are around some people like that. Maybe the happy person will be you. l,.l. AWARD RECEIVED BY BAKERITE April 5th Bakerites had two treats. One as you recall was the assembly given by Texas School for the Blind. The other was, Ed- gar Smith received a beautiful Placque. Edgar received this for his Champion Holstein Heifer at the Fredericksburg Stock Show. This show was held August 25-27, 1953. Edgar belongs to the 4-H Club for which he raised this hei- er. THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE THREE SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the ninth grade ot Baker Iunior High, being of unreason- ably sound? mind and body, do hereby leave our earthly and un- earthly possessions to our under- classmen. Sherry Bailey-My nickname of Shorty to Betty Snowden. Ann Baldwin-My romantic imagination and personality to someone bashful. Ioan Beard--My ability to have iun in math under Mrs. Walden to Lillie Mae Clopton. Ioyce Berry-My record of go- ing steady tor 22 months to Peg- gy Parrish. Raymond Bohls-My g o o d grades to anyone who needs them. Barbara Brill-My ability to open my mouth at the Wrong time to any poor innocent creature. Ianelle Cain-My ability ot making lUU's on a Social Studies test to some lucky lowerclass- man. Roger Campbell-My ability to be bad to Raymond Sherman. Paula Casey-To my sister, Lil- lie Faye, my kindness. Ann Cavett-My place as vice- president oi the Footlight Players and my ability to make gruesome faces to Donnie Tew. Arthur Chester--My love and sympathy to Mr. Pine, who has had to teach me. Lynda Cox-My ability to Work in the library to Ierry Ann Fra- zier, who will be in the seventh grade next year. Carolyn Crider--My love for baseball books to Darlene Inman. Irving Cutter-My algebra book to Earl Dean in hopes that he can get better grades. Melvin Dailey-My, flat top to Bill Hamilton. Alice Dawson-My bloodshot eyes to Lillie Faye Casey. Dennie Dement-My baton to Avis McFarland. Nancy Dement-I, Nancy De- ment, do hereby will my ability to crack While singing a high note to Claryce Smith. Iimmy Doherty-My hair to Mr. Gilman will Pine because he is tearing his out in Algebra class. Viress Doyle-My math book and grades to Mrs. Walden and Mr. Pine. Wayne Fickel--My physique to Willie Thurman. Tommy Flowers-My hair to anybody that can take care ot it. Georgia Foelsing-My love for baseball to Mary Sue Schwartz. Carolyn Folkes-My long hair to Pat Foreman. Dean Franks-My almost black hair to Lavada Dockens. Kathryn Giddens -l, Kathryn Giddens, will my rosy cheeks to Charlotte Currier. Barbara Grice-My ability to blush so easily to Carol Moore. Helen Hausman-My locker to Dee Dee Williams. Craig Hayden--My long black if-'l hair to Bob Young. Gerald Heath-My A-I-'s in Al- gebra to Allan Rogers. Delores Henderson-My good grades in science to any 8th gra- der. lo Roye Herber-All ot my boy friends to Marie Herrin. Henry Hodges--I leave Don Meyer my ability to draw. Saundra Hoskins-My ability to get along with Mr. Pine to Dar- lene Dailey. ' Bertha lngram-To Mary Grice l will all oi the good-looking boys. Wilson Iensen-My place in Mr. Pine's paddle line to Billy Linder. Margie Iohnson - My s h o rt blonde hair to Dee Dee Williams. Timmy Kanetzky--I will Baker to my brother. Nancy Kelly-My braces to my sister, Ioyce Kelly. Norma King-My complexion to Barbara Dean. Linda Kleinschmidt--My quiet- ness to any loudmouth. Lester Lang-My big brown eyes to Mr. Pine. Margaret Laybourne-My tardy permits to Virginia Barron. Nelda Mangham-My helpful and beloved boo hoos to Billy Linder. Donnie Martin-My flat-top to I. T. Pruitt. Patsy Martinez-My locker and books to the 8th grade. Ierry Marx-My curly hair to any boy in the 8th grade. David Melber-My flirting abi- lity to David Kennedy. Leon Miears-My math book to Mr. Pine, so he may use it again. Bennie Miller-My ability to get kicked out ot class to Allen Ro- gers. Delbert Moberg-My athletic ability to Walter Dollar. F.. C. Mowdy--Mr. Pine to Al- len Rogers tor math. Io Ann Neel--My ability to gig- gle to Betty Hetzel. Sam Olguin-My ability not to get the car on Friday night to Charles Dodson. Harriet Palmer-My place in Algebra to Mary Lynn Metz. Gayle Parr-My place by Nancy Ramm in advisory to Wil- lie Thurman. Pauline Perry-My ability to come to Training Union often to Sue King. Yvonne Platt-My voice to Dee Dee Williams. Clarence Pruitt-My ability to get in trouble to Ernest McCar- ver. Nancy Ramm-My abiltiy to say things that embarass me to San- dy Hitchcock. Sue Rodgers-My ability to es- cape Mr. Pine's paddle to any unsuspecting eighth grader who may need it. Shirley Rowland-My braces to Mary Nell Greeson. Lupe Santos-My dumbness to Tony Santos. Ierry Scarbrough-My most precious fortune ot friends to Peggy Parrish. Ioyce Schmidt - My history grades to Marilyn Schmidt in hope she will keep them good. Liz Schwab-Leaves her danc- ing ability to Sue King. Tippa Scott-My citizenship to my little sister, Mary Ann Scott. Flo Seekatz-My love tor math and Mr. Pine to someone in the eighth grade. Iohn Sherrill-My ability to get caught playing hookey to Bob Young. Martha Sherrill-My figure to iContinued on Page 71 PAGE FOUR THE BAKER ROCKET Gllazn Hrnphvrg 1954 CLASS PROPHECY E The Baker Seniors of 1954 pro- phesy that: The nation will soon be well supplied with secretaries because we give them Barbara Brill, Paula Casey, Dennie Dement Cshe might later turn P. E. teacherl, Ncmcy Dement, Georgia Foelsing, Kathy Giddens, Barbara Grice, Io Roye Herber, Helen Herrin, Saundra Hoskins, Liz Schwab, Betty Voight, Barbara Wilder and Carol Wycoff for that magnimous pro- fession. By either l958 or l959 the De- troit Lions will have a winning streak in the person of Wiley Wy- man. Somewhere along that time the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians will be neck and neck in the world series with David Melber on the Cardinals and Don Renner on the Indians. Gerald Heath and Delbert Mo- berg will be right up in the big leagues too but we don't know which team. Our air force will prosper in a few years when Roger Wilkinson, Wilson Iensen, Lester Lang, and Curtis Conrad join, and Bill Young designs the planes for them to pilot. Ella Dean Franks and JoAnn Neel will also take to the air as stewardesses. If you get sick you'll have somebody to go to because We prophesy that Irving Cutter will be a doctor, Ann Cavett will be a psychiatrist, Ioan Beard will be a lab technician, Ioyce Berry, Martha Smith, and Wanda Thur- man will be nurses. Musicians from Baker will be: Singers: Alice Dawson, Delores Henderson, and Yvonne Platt, Concert violinist Shirley Rowland. We predict that Melvin Daily and Roger Fleet will achieve their lifelong ambition of passing to the lUth grade. Linda Cox, Carolyn Foelks, Flo Seekatz, Patsy Martinez, Virginia and Tink West will settle to the peacefulC?l task of Wann, down being housewives. don't prophesy, we con- We demn Carolyn Crider and Cecile Stagner Cas P. E. teachersl, Iimmy Doherty Cstudying law at AGCMJ, Bertha Ingram Cgoing to business schooll, Tippa Scott fstudying law at U. of TJ, and Irene Wag- ner and Charlotte White Calso Collegel to more school. Gee, you poor souls. Criminals fwill shudder when they hear the name of F.B.I. agents Sam Olgin and Iohnny Sherrill. Various other Bakerites pursu- ing various other occupations are: Ann Baldwin and Sue Rodgers who will be mission workers, Ia- nelle Cain, who will be a typist or librarian four crystal ball was a little cloudy so we couldn't be surel, Roger Campbell who will be a comedian the hopes to someday be as good as Mr. Pinel. Viress Doyle who will live on a horse ranch and raise-guess what?--horses, Wayne Fickel who will work with the Shell Oil Com- pany at Houston, Craig Haydon who will be a designing engineer, Henry Hodges who wil be a com- mercial artist, Ioyce Schmidt who will be a telephone operator, Iames Spaw who wil be a con- struction engineer, Donnie Martin Palmer who will be an interior decorator and Leon Miears who will be a rancher. Of course, there are some peo- ple who really won't amount to much like Richard Wolfe who will only be a millionaire and have a Cadillac and a Iaguar to match each of his 300 suits, Nancy Ramm who will marry a millionaire and travel all over the world and eat every kind of food there isp and Raymond Bohls and Ierry Marx who will be such successful busi- nessmen that they will have plenty of time off to go fishing. There are a few other things that some Bakerites will do: Clar- ence Pruitt will make McCallum's lloasketball team, Ierry Scarbor- ough will be the friendliest enemy in the world, Margaret Laybourn will be an Old Maid fdon't quote usl, Nelda Mangham will see every state in the union before she's 2l CI don't see anything wrong with the biggest and bes- testi, Bennie Miller will stay out of trouble fat least for a whilel, Gayle Parr will see Hawaii and France, Thomas Flowers will be- come president of the I.F.F.L. Cln- ternational Federation of Free Loadersl, Sherry Bailey will grow to be 5' tall, and Martha Sherrill will make a complete collection of diamond rings set in platinum itat chancel. Last, but certainly not least, Arthur Chester will Cand I quotel never imagine himself not to be otherwise than what it might ap- pear to others that what he was or might have been was not other- wise than what he had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise. fThanks to Mr. who will be a mechanic, Harriet Lewis Cm-1-011.5 cEnd quote., Q EV Hyde Park Hardware fuefyni E ll ' tij 1-5 HARDWARE - sPoRTlNe eooos TELEPHONE 6.5, ,O l AV4 Sherwin-Williams Paint FEMININE FASHIONS 395 Congress 4l2l Guadalupe Phone 5-3225 2904 Guadalupe Austin. Texas Ro Cox Service . . . Y ' 30' North Side Phone 5-9421 E 670' Your Friends sin I ' D I Weftznd E smfrrs I 42fdy8- D5-Zi ea er D 'i H'g a THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE FIVE 9TH GRADE VACATION PLANS UNDERWAY What will you be doing this summer? Going swimming? Go- ing on a trip? Going to spend lei- sure hours at your favorite soda fountain? Or are you just going to lounge at home? The following students seem to be well occu- pied: Margie johnson-will go to Miami, Florida to swim and visit jazz bands. fWonder ii she has an extra ticketj Iohn Beard-Is going to a camp meeting at Camp Ben McCul- lough. CShould be fun.j Dean Franks-will spend her time at Lake Charles, Louisiana visiting relatives. NINTH GRADERS SAY FAREWELL Ah, sweet sorrow. This phrase seems to fit our present ninth graders for the time has come to leave dear ole Baker. I learned as I scouted about that not all want to leave, so there are two different groups-- The Can't Hardly Wait Club and the I don't Wanna Club. Here are some of our seniors opinions of leaving. Ianelle Cain Baker's nice and I hate to leave it. Al Schaffer- I'm glad that I'm finally getting out. Liz Schwab Boo Hoo. Charles Arnold- I don't like to go. LaWanda Thurman-- I feel like I'm losing an old friend. Wiley Wyman-Baker is like my home and I don't want to leave. Ioyce Berry- I'm looking for- ward to next year, but I have en- joyed this school year. David Melber- It won't be bad going to McCallum, but I don't exactly rejoice. Carol Wycoff-My plans are to get a steady boyfriend. CG-ood Luck.j And I want to make new friends as well as the ones I have. Virginia Wann-I'Regrets that there aren't enough cute boys but everything else is just fine. Here are some of our plans for next year: Sherry Bailey-My plans at McCallum are to make friends and be happy. johnny Sherrill-I am going to make a lot of friends and try to get in the dramatic club. Bertha Ingram-is going to ------ Corpus Christi for a long swim in WE HATE T0 SEE PERFECT GIRL FQR the Gulf of Mexico. iAnd we YOU LEAVE mean km , 9TH GRADE g' By Charlotte Currier and Dee Dee 1. HGir,MCmhG Smith ANTI CCIVGII-PIOIHS to 90 to the Williams 2. Face-Barbara Grice Carlsbad Cavern. iLucky girl, Say kids, have you given it a 3, Eyes-Wqndq Thurman eh?j thought? about the ninth grade 4. Ears-Ioan Beard . . . . eaving. suppose many o you 5. No -L' S h b Vlcfof Mokry-IS gomg to Swim have been thinking about this for 6. Mojih-Chafloflg White and sleep all day long. CNot in . . , the Water, quite a bit because some of us 7. Teeth-Carol Wycoff ' I will be having our best friends 8. Smile-Nancy Hamm V No matter what you will be do- leqving us. Here are Cl few 9, Hands-Ann Cowen :Sgt 31: yoii1fhNg3IrCGif1OIi1 V2?fI1OP9 opgiionsh if some of the seventh 10. Figure Nancy Dement u W1 e OG S un- OID Sig t ers. ll. Legs-Bonnie Platt ANS To CBOSSWORE- U DONNIE TEXV-sayg we arielos- 12. Complexion-Margie Iohn- WEB mg some mig ty goo peop e. son PUZZLE ON PAGE 8 LAMAR ANDERSON-he does l3. Athlete--Carolyn Crider . EV,2.fi H yi H L-Ig' not like it, but he says it gives 14. Personality-Laneta Stefka F E E PTT E I E ff, E, them a better chance with the IPI' 2 KH VA l L. 5' 9if1S- SALES SERVICE S AI N Q U m f rg L 9 T g CAROL MOORE- I don't want Maytag I m m g, . 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Who are we talking about? Well, now l'll just tell ya. That gal we're talking about is our ninth grade person- ality for this month, Lawanda Thurman. Now l'll give you a few of her vital statistics. She is 5' 5 tall, weighs 100 pounds, and has blue eyes and brown hair. She likes swimming, Mexican food, the song Wanted , and Eddie Fisher. She also favors the colors green, white, and blue, and is partial to gym and Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Wal- den. When you ask her what she thinks of Baker, she'll nearly al- ways reply, Oh I love it! And boys, here's the best news of all, she doesn't like any special boy. By the way, her phone number is 53-1106. 9th GRADE BOY PERSONALITY lnto our personality spotlight steps 134 lbs. of Iohnny Sherrill. This brown hair and brown eyed boy just loves fried chicken. All of his 5' 5V2 are packed with love for baseball, Dragnet, and Western Cavalcade. Iohnny came into the world 14 years ago, October 18, 1939. Be- fore coming to Baker he attended Rosedale for 6 years. Some of his favorites are: color-blue, teach- ers--Miss Cole and Mrs. Conradtp classes-speech and gym: song- Make Love to Me by Patti Page. Sorry girls his attention is drawn towards Barbara Grice. - BAKER HAS ONE LESS BACHELOR Mr. Dale McLemore gave up his freedom on Thursday when he married Miss Pat Reaves, grad- uate of Austin High and senior of the University of Texas. Mr. McLemore who teaches 7th, Sth, and 9th grade social studies and sponsors chess and gymnastic clubs is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Texas. The students and faculty of Baker certainly wish he and his bride all the happiness in the world. DID YOU KNOW? At this time, most students are thinking of long lazy summer months. But did you know that in England, instead of having one three-month vacation, they get three one-month vacations. One is at Easter, one at Christmas, and one is in the summer. Would you rather have three onewpnth va- cations, or one three-month one? There's good eating ahead '1.TL gqxkwth-:fvik ,A 1 QW Q J MWF' 5 we as -M t Y' 'f' vowlf' l ,Lx 2 A:,..,?, I A N ,12 with Butter Krust Bread! THE SPONSOR SPEAKS My first year with the paper has been a real experience in co- operation, learning, and pleasant association. l believe I speak for the staff when l express a sincere thanks to the student body for your support and help. THE ROCKET is really yoursg the staff as a group has worked hard to highlight your activities and inter- pret them to your community in a form that you can be proud ot and to prepare a yearbook that you will cherish. Surely none of our efforts have been perfect, but future staffs face a real challenge in making a comparable progress. PERFECT BOY FOR 9TH GRADE l . Hair-Victor Mokery 2. Face-Wanye Fickel 3. Eyes-lohn Thompson 4. Ears-Thomas Flowers 5. Nose-Gerry Heath 6. Mouth-Roger Wilkinson 7. Teeth-Delbert Moberg 8. Smile-Iohnny Sherrill ' 9. Hands-Gayle Parr lU. Physio-Wiley Wyman ll. Legs-Ierry Marx l2. Complexion - Charles Ar- nold l3. Athlete-Don Renner 14. Personality-Sam Olguin. Rocket Staff Editor-in-chief .......... Laneta Stefka Asst. Editor ........ Ierry Scarborough Business Mgr .,....,.., Arthur Chester News Editor ............ Carol Wyckoff Sports Editor .......... Delbert Moberg Feature Editor ......,... Martha Smith Copy Reader .......... Martha Sherrill Photographers ........ Wiley Wyman, Thomas Flowers, Ann Baldwin Reporters -- Sherry Bailey, Ioyce Berry, Charlotte Currier, Irving Cutter, Alice Dawson, Ella Dean Franks, Barbara Grice, Gerald Heath, Delores Henderson, Les- ter Lang, Avis McFarland, Yvonne Platt, Nancy Ramm, lizabeth Schwab, Mary hwartz, Lawanda Thurman, Roger Wilkinson, Dee Dee Williams. Sponsor-Mrs. Letha Conradt. 3 THE BAKER ROCKET PAGE SEVEN Enjoying those good ol' sum- mer days after a game of tennis are lleft to rightl Martha Smith, Carolyn Crider, Nancy Dement, and Carol Wycoff. GIRLS P. E. With Cecille Stagner's team coming in for first place, Helen Herrin's second, and Carol Wy- ckoff's third, thus does girls' basketball season end. Now it's softball. With plenty of rule study and warmup practices behind them the girls have star- ted their softball tournaments. Be- fore going home in the afternoons, why don't you stay and see the games? They're loads of fun, 1 assure you. Loolc Your Best For School Days SPEIR BEAUTY SHOP IOI WEST 5th AUS-TEX Garden Supplies. Seed. Pet Supplies 6001 Burnet Rd. JUNIOR LEAGU ERS END ACTIVITY - Two playoff games told the story of the City Recreation De- partments Tunior League this week. All the games were played at University Tunior High Gym. The Allan Golds and the O. Henry Ponies wound up in a tie and met in a playoff game for the National League Championship which the Ponies won 26 to 25 in the last 30 seconds of the game. The University Eagles won the Championship Tin 'the American League with 12 wins and U losses. The two teams met Friday for the Championship and the University Eagles won 69 to 31. Terry Heath led both Baker teams and the American League with 122 points in ten games. TRACK MEET The city wide junior high track meet was held April 22, 23, 28, and 29, 1954. The six junior highs of Austin participated. Last year winner of the track meet was Uni- versity Tunior High. Baker won the fifteen year division in last year's track meet. At the starting of track the pos- sibilities for broad-jumping were Don Fincher, Timmy Kanetzky, Wiley Wyman, Alfred Baker, Don Renner, Terry Marx, Virgil Weise, Mauritz Soderlund, Bill Hamilton, and Roger Wilkinson. ln running there are Delbert Moberg, Don Fincher, Timmy Kanetzky, Terry Marx, David Bryant, Alfred Baker, Virgle Weise, Tommy Sherrill, E. C. Mowdy, and Wayne Fickle. ln high jumping we have Da- vid Melber, Roger Wilkinson, Sam Olguin, Terry Marx, Timmy Ka- netzky, Dian Renner, Terry Marx, Wayne Fickle, and Virgil Weise. CLASS WILL fContinued from Page 3l Claryce Smith, who needs it the most. Martha Smith-The honor of be- ing Valentine Sweetheart to Mary Sue Schwartz. Tames Spaw-Some brains to Bobby Allison. Cecille Stagner-My place as drum major and my sports ability to Brucie Cavett. Laneta Stefka-My big mouth to Emily Ann Ford. LaWanda Thurman--My ability to get into trouble to Mary Lynn Steger. Betty Voight-My hair to Dar- lene Dailey. Irene Wagner-My red hair to a future ninth grader. Virginia Wann-To my sister, Patsy Ruth Wann, my love for horses. Elray Wiese-My math books to Mr. Pine. Charlotte White-My taps to someone in the eighth grade. Barbara Wilder-I leave my sister something to accomplish that 1 didn't. Roger Wilkinson-My basket- ball ability to Ernest McCarver. Richard Wolfe--My job of be- ing manager to anyone. Carol Wycoff-My ability to pop off in Mr. Pine's class to Ta- nice Kuhn. Wiley Wyman--My job as stu- dent council president to Willie Thurman. Alta Young-My quietness to anyone who needs it. Bill Young-The ability to beat up Tohnny Sherrill and Tohn Thompson to Toe Prewitt. Given under our somewhat doubtful hand and seal this year A.D. 1954. THE NTNTH GRADE. 09121 5216112 AVE. 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